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In depth coverage of aerospace and air transport in Russia and the CIS.
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Published 25 June 2019
The company is at the center of the government's program to liberalize the sector; it carried a record number of passengers in 2018 (985 words, 2 tables [passenger traffic in 2008-2018; passengers carried in 2018 by type of route])
Published 24 June 2019
Russian airlines must discontinue flights to Georgia starting 8 July 2019; Concise Aerospace analyzes the effect of the ban (631 words)
Published 24 June 2019
While Georgian aviation authorities didn't ban flights of their airlines to Russia, Russia did because of unpaid debts and concerns about safety (624 words)
Published 21 June 2019
The study considers operating and financial indicators (1,018 words; 2 tables [annual passenger traffic growth rates and seat load factors for Russian airlines, Russian market, and world airlines, 2012-2017; average fleet age, different estimates])
Published 21 June 2019
The study considers operating and financial indicators (766 words; 1 table [comparison of RASK and CASK ratios, Russian vs. foreign airlines, 2018])
Published 20 June 2019
The flights have been suspended since February 2019; the company hired a consultant to help it to meet EASA requirements and hoped to resume flights in June 2019, but this didn't happen (513 words)
Published 19 June 2019
The company says that it will make only a partial payment on its 7-year loans, while in December 2018 it promised to pay in June 2019 the missed payment from December 2018 and the payment due in June 2019; Utair is willing to sell one of its assets (1,281 words, 1 table [Utair's loans, borrowings, and bonds as of 31 December 2018])
Published 18 June 2019
Some information is still unavailable; MAK doesn't provide any opinions or name any responsible parties; it quotes various instructions and rules (1,230 words)
Published 17 June 2019
But selling the assets that creditors have suggested might not cover all the debts, and would complicate the company's situation (514 words)
Published 14 June 2019
The idea was suggested by two regional governors in April 2019, but the airlines didn't like it; one governor says that the idea continues to be developed; the second governor tells employees of local airline that the idea is "postponed," but he earlier talked about plans for the new carrier to operate SSJ100s (1,174 words)
