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.

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Articles

Polina Borodina
Two carriers of the Tatarstan republic in Russia’s Volga region will merge, the area’s president has announced.

Polina Borodina
Transaero Airlines (UN) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boeing for four Boeing 787s. The deal is valued at $774 million at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Polina Borodina
Internet bookings have lifted Lufthansa’s (LH) position in Russia to be the country’s biggest foreign carrier, according to LH regional director-Russia and the CIS Ronald Schultz.