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
Russian airlines carried 31.4 million passengers during the first five months of 2015, a 1.2% decrease over the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) president Yury Slusar was elected to Aeroflot’s board of directors at the carrier’s annual general meeting of shareholders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Aeroflot will transfer 13 Boeing 737-800s to its low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airline on a long-term sublease.
Aircraft & Propulsion