Russia

Combat Aircraft Journal July 2025

Ukrainian sea drones’ shoot downs

18th June 2025

Sea drones down Russian aircraft.

Aeroflot

Pobeda plots fleet growth

2nd June 2025

Russian low-cost carrier Pobeda looks set to expand its fleet of Boeing 737s by inheriting aircraft from Aeroflot and Rossiya as they receive new domestically produced aircraft to renew their narrowbody fleets.

Airliner World

Third Il-114-300 joins test programme

27th May 2025

A third prototype, Ilyushin Il-114-300, has joined the flight test programme. Its maiden flight was carried out on March 31 and lasted around 30 minutes.

Airliner World May 2025

Life begins at 60 for Antonov An-26

6th May 2025

Despite being introduced into service in the 1970s, Russian authorities are looking to extend the life of the Antonov An-26 by another ten years

Aviation News April 2025

Il-114-300 certification continues

25th March 2025

Flight testing of the Il-114-300 continues

Air Safety

Did Russian air defences bring down Azerbaijan jet?

11th February 2025

An Embraer E190 belonging to Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, with the loss of 38 lives.

Airliner World December 2024

Tupolev creates Tu-214 “think tank”

3rd December 2024

Russian aircraft manufacturer Tupolev has announced that it will establish an ‘Innovation Design Centre’ responsible for modernising and upgrading the Tu-214.

Airliner World November 2024

IrAero and Aurora Airlines place new orders

12th November 2024

IrAero and Aurora Airlines have announced that they are to purchase several Russian airliners through leasing agreements, including the Yakovlev SJ-100 and MC-21.

Airliner World November 2024

Ilyushin IL-114-300 gets UAC makeover

29th October 2024

The prototype Ilyushin IL-114-300, number 54115, has received the corporate livery of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) as it continues its test flight programme.

Aeroflot

Russia makes wet lease u-turn

24th September 2024

Russian authorities have given the green light to allow the wet lease of aircraft. The approval, granted by Russia’s State Duma and signed by President Vladimir Putin on August 8, sees changes made to the country’s Air Code.

Airbus

S7 reduces A320neo fleet

27th August 2024

S7 Airlines will withdraw some of its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft due to issues with the Pratt & Whitney GTF PW1000G engines.

Aeroplane September 2024

Yak-3 flies to new home

22nd August 2024

Yakovlev Yak-3UA G-OLEG arrived at Wellesbourne Mountford near Stratford-upon-Avon on 19 July, following its acquisition from Leicestershire-based Cirrus Aircraft UK by Andrew Holman West’s Russian Radials.

AirForces Monthly August 2024

Russian Antonov An-22s to be retired

24th July 2024

Russia plans to cease operating its remaining fleet of Cold War-era An-22 (NATO reporting name: Cock) strategic transports, the world’s largest turboprop-driven aircraft.

AirForces Monthly July 2024

Civilian Yak-52 downs Russian UAV in Ukraine

17th July 2024

As Ukraine continues to face relentless Russian attacks amid a serious shortage of air-defence (AD) assets, some unconventional methods have been employed to alleviate the situation, including the use of civilian aircraft to down UAVs.

Irkut

Return of the Yak

11th June 2024

All Russian-built civil aircraft will now be branded under the historic Yakovlev name, Sergey Chemezov, head of state-owned aerospace, engineering and defence conglomerate Rostec, has said.

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