Polina Montag-Girmes

Journalist

Cyprus

Summary

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000. She has previously worked for Russky Telegraf 1997-1998, Russia Journal 1999-2000, the Vremya Novostei newspaper 2000-2001, the Russky Focus business weekly 2001-2004 and the Kompania business weekly in 2004-2005.

Starting as a journalist for Air Transport Observer Magazine in 2005, she had become deputy editor by the time she left in 2014, moving to Germany.

She has also written and edited a number of surveys and editorial on airline, aircraft and travel issues for a number of Russian and international publications.

She lives with her husband, twins, and a dog and cat in Cyprus.

Articles

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Belavia Belarusian Airlines will be the first carrier at Moscow’s Zhukovsky International Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s second-biggest airline group, S7 Airlines, reported its traffic increased 29.5% year-on-year (YOY) in July, while Aeroflot Group’s July traffic was up 5.4% YOY.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Inadequate local Kyrgyz regulations and pilot error are named as the main causes for the Avia Traffic Co. Boeing 737 accident Nov. 22, 2015, at Osh International Airport in Kyrgyzstan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation