Pobeda

Two years into its full-scale war with Ukraine, Russia’s airlines face increasing constraints in operating Western-made aircraft.

In 2023 Russia’s airlines expanded their fleets suitable for restricted international operations, which became the main driver for passenger traffic growth.

Lessor BOC Aviation's Irish unit received the money for the detained Pobeda 737-800s under a settlement with Russian insurance company NSK.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

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Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Fourteen routes are being launched from the airport, with up to 20 daily departures planned during the peak summer season.

Russia’s government has expanded the number of routes eligible for subsidies as part of efforts to increase domestic traffic.

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Low-cost Russian airline, Pobeda has banned passengers from chewing gum on board because it is spending too much scraping it off its airplanes interiors.

The airline industry is opening its eyes to Moldova as an international market and meetings at this year’s Routes Silk Road forum in Tbilisi, Georgia have helped establish at least one new air service and confirmed an increased capacity offering on an existing route.

The new business will operate with a small fleet of around four Boeing 737-800s transferred from its parent and will initially fly from Moscow to Belgorod and Volgograd in the European part of Russia, to Kazan and Samara on the Volga River, to Yekaterinburg and Ufa in the Urals Federal District, and to the Siberian cities of Tyumen and Surgut.