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.
Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) announced it will suspend serving Kuban Airlines (GW) flights as of Dec. 26 because the of carrier’s debt to the airport. According to a VKO statement, the Krasnodar-based regional carrier owes the airport nearly RUB400 million ($12.6 million), an amount GW denies, saying it is over twice the amount of the real debt. The carrier also said in a statement the debt had been rescheduled, which it will pay from April 2012. Airline representatives published proving documents on social networks.
