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.
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) has reported a net loss of RUB7.29 billion ($227 million) for the first nine months ended Sept. 30, deepened 2.8 times from a year ago.
Russia’s Aeroflot reported a nine-month net income of RUB19.297 billion ($601 million) for the period ended Sept. 30, up 40% compared to the year-ago period.