Rosaviatsiya

Russian MRO provider Aeroflot Technics says it is ready to provide line maintenance on Boeing 787 airliners after receiving approval from Rosaviatsia.

Located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, Elista International Airport is the farthest of the closed airports from the Ukrainian border.

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

Aviation Week has seen a letter from Russia’s federal air transport agency sent to its territorial branches and air operators stating the cause of the failure.

An initial U.S. military assessment has concluded Yevgeny Prigozhin likely died in an aircraft crash inside Russia on Aug. 23, but the aircraft was not shot down.

Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev reaffirmed his forecast that the country’s airline industry was likely to carry 101.2 million passengers in 2023.

Rosaviatsiya has invited Chinese airlines to open new destinations in the country.

The restrictions come after the UK imposed a ban on Russian aircraft as part of sanctions introduced following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russian airlines are adding routes to Egypt’s Red Sea resorts following the ending of a six-year flight ban.