On 12th November 2024, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) officially announced Air China to become the first customer for the company´s new wide-body airliner, C929. The purchase agreement between Comac and the airline […]
On 15th November 1957, the Soviet long-haul passenger airliner Tupolev Tu-114, performed its maiden flight. In August of 1955, in response for market demand, Совет министров СССР (the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union) […]
At the end of October 2024, the largest air carrier of Russia, the Aeroflot group (ПАО Аэрофлот – Российские авиалинии / PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines) announced its results for the Q2 2024, as well […]
In January of 2024, Sergei Alexandrovsky, the CEO of Aeroflot, the biggest Russian air carrier, announced that the company was going to buy 339 new airliners by 2030. The purchasing plan included 89 Sukhoi Superjets […]
According to the Russian authorities, until the end of the current decade, intensity of air traffic in Russia should increase one and a half times compared to 2023. At the same time, however, the number […]
On 10th July 2024, the Russian daily newspaper Известия (Izvestia) informed about the new joint initiative of Aeroflot and Rosatom to produce spare parts for foreign-made passenger aircraft. This decision was made in face of […]
On 11th June 2024, the Arajet´s tenth Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner was delivered to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. The delivery supports current growth strategy of the Dominican national carrier which is now planning […]
Tupolev Tu-104A (c/n 76600503, formerly OK-LDA, operated by Československé Aerolinie / Czechoslovak Airlines – ČSA), open-air exhibition in Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), April 2013. Since the early 1950s, the turbojet propulsion was […]
Last week, we have published the first part of our review focused on problems that weighing on development of the new Russian passenger aircraft. The article introduced a brief history of the Soviet airliners, the […]
In the Cold War era, the Soviet Union developed and then introduced into active service several aircraft of the whole range of passenger air transport – from short regional travels to long haul, transcontinental flights. […]
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