In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
An Airbus A321 operated by Russia’s Ural Airlines was forced to land in a corn field Aug. 15 after its CFM International CFM-56 engines ingested a flock of seagulls shortly after takeoff at Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport.
