Photo by © Alexei Filatov / Cubana Airlines’ IL-96-300 (CU-T1250) in the skies of Voronezh, November 18, 2023 Cubana de Aviación, Cuba’s national airline, has resumed operations of the Il-96-300 […]
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Category: Civil aviation
Il-114-300 Begins Flight Certification Tests in Russia’s Altai Region
Photo © United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Press Service The prototype Il-114-300 turboprop aircraft (tail number 54115) has begun flight certification testing in the Altai Republic, Russia. Gorno-Altaysk Airport has been […]
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Aeroflot Seeks Equilibrium: How the National Carrier Is Responding to 2025 Challenges
Photo by © Russian Aviation Aeroflot, Russia’s flag carrier, is navigating 2025 amid a modest but sustained decline in passenger traffic. The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation […]
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Prototype MC-21 aircraft continue certification flight testing
Photo: © Aviation of Russia Russia continues advancing the certification campaign of its new-generation narrowbody airliner, the MC-21, as prototype aircraft undergo intensive testing of key domestically developed systems. The […]
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Russia to Join Global Aviation Emissions Monitoring System on September 1, 2026
Image © ICAO Starting September 1, 2026, Russian airlines must record fuel consumption and report CO2 emissions on all international flights. Amendments to Russia’s Air Code and federal greenhouse gas […]
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Russia Considers Re-Engining SSJ100 Fleet with PD-8 Due to SaM146 Service Life Shortage
Photo by © Rostec press service Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) is evaluating the installation of domestically-produced PD-8 engines on the existing SSJ100 fleet. Agency head Dmitry Yadrov outlined […]
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Russia’s Regional Aviation Faces Major Fleet Renewal and Enhanced Safety Standards
Image provided under a CC0 license — public domain Russia’s civil aviation authority expects to retire 339 aircraft and 200 helicopters by 2030. Of these, 230 will be domestically manufactured […]
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Prospects for Restoring Direct Air Service Between Russia and the United States: Current Situation Analysis
Photo © Sergey Bobylev, TASS Russia has officially initiated discussions on resuming direct air service with the United States, which was suspended in March 2022 at the initiative of the […]
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MC-21: September 2025 Digest
Photo: © Aviation of Russia In September 2025, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant completed a comprehensive retrofit of the second MC-21-310 prototype (tail number 73057) as part of Russia’s import substitution […]
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Aeroflot to Launch In-Flight Wi-Fi by 2028 via Bureau 1440 Satellite Project
Image provided under a CC0 license – public domain Aeroflot is implementing a project to provide passengers with wireless internet access onboard its aircraft. CEO Sergey Alexandrovsky stated that the […]
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