Interview with Andrey Boginsky, General Director of PJSC Yakovlev - Deputy General Director of UAC for Civil Aviation.

On the eve of the New Year, Yuri Borisovich Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, spoke about the results of the outgoing year and plans for the future.

S7 Technics among the first MRO organizations in Russia started offering redelivery checks several years ago as a comprehensive one-stop-shop service. S7 Technics chief engineer Leonid Shoshin and sales director Nikita Belykh told about the experience in completing redelivery checks the provider has accumulated during the pandemic.

The new Superjet100 (RA-89140) has been handed over to Red Wings. This is the 200th aircraft of this type produced by the United Aircraft Corporation and the first SSJ leased to the airline from PSB Leasing. The term of the contract is 20 years. Another 3 aircraft of this type were received by the airline this year from STLC. For the aircraft, an inverse version of the airline's livery was chosen (not the standard white and red, but red and white). Now the airline's fleet has 2 aircraft painted in such manner, the second one is A320.

To the 90th anniversary of the Central Institute of Aviation Motors named after P.I. Baranov

The aircraft industry is one of the key sectors of the domestic economy. This is evidenced by the discussion of issues of its development at a targeted meeting with the President of Russia on May 13, 2020. A member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (Military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation), chairman of the Council for aircraft construction of the board of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation Andrey Elchaninov

The Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov made a worktrip to the Perm Territory, in the framework of which, in particular, he visited the Perm Motors production site. The UEC-Perm Motors enterprise has organised serial production of PD-14 aircraft engines and plans to produce the promising PD-35 large thrust engine (being developed by UEC-Aviadvigatel JSC), as well as high-pressure turbines and the PD-8 engine combustion chamber.

Conversation with the executive operating director of the Volga-Dnepr group of companies Tatyana Arslanova.

Doctors are always at the forefront, regardless of time of day, geography and circumstances. In the hectic weekdays, their work often goes unnoticed. The pandemic made adjustments: now the work of doctors is in focus, everyone is trying to help those who spend many hours every day in suits and masks, saving lives. For doctors, the current situation is a test of fortitude and loyalty to the profession. The modern healthcare system is a high-tech structure in which over 560 thousand specialists work and a special place in this multicomponent organisation is occupied by the network of Disaster Medicine Centres.

A significant event happened in the domestic aviation industry. The first serial civilian Mi-38 helicopter has replenished the fleet of commercial operators - Russian Helicopter Systems. We are talking with the first Mi-38 line pilot, the chief pilot of the Russian Helicopter Systems company Sergey Fadeev, about the new Russian helicopter of the development and production of the Russian Helicopters holding.

March 30, 2019, on the day of the 125th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding and world-famous aircraft designer Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin, the first flight of a new lightweight military transport aircraft Il-112B took place. The modern Russian aviation industry does not often make us happy with new aircraft. And the Il-112 is not an easy story. But still, along with a new modification of the IL-76, this is the second transport aircraft, lifted into the sky by the renowned design bureau in the current decade. About how the machine was created, about the first flight and the upcoming improvements tells the Chief Designer of PJSC "Il" Nikolai Dmitrievich Talikov.

On June 6, an agreement was signed in Arkhangelsk between Smartavia (Nordavia) and Lufthansa Technik on expanding cooperation. At the same time, the parties celebrated the 10th anniversary of cooperation between the companies. Dmitry Zaitsev, vice president of corporate sales in Russia and the CIS countries of Lufthansa Technik, spoke about the results of work in Russia in 2018, plans for the future and cooperation with Smartavia airline.

Сompetent and well-coordinated, impeccable work requires not only for each division of the airline, but also the competent organisation of the management and control process. And when it comes to a company providing helicopter services related to efficiency, the quality requirements for managing these processes are several orders of magnitude higher. It is the competent work of the Forward Observer Command and Control Centres (FOCC) that contributes to the operational, competent and coordinated work of helicopter companies. The head of UTair-Helicopter services Nikolay Alexeyevich Loginov tells about the process of its creation, technological equipment and functioning about what should be the modern FOCC.

Important, but often invisible to the casual observer, the assistants of the crews of the aircraft, meteorologists, work day and night so that their predictions become for aviators another reliable support in the sky. Among such necessary specialists is Ekaterina Klepikova, who has been working at the airport "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk" for the 13th year. A first-time pedagogue and a fragile woman, she began her professional career in aviation as a meteorological technician and grew to the head of the Aviation Meteorological Centre, which is based in the main airport of Sakhalin. On the eve of the professional holiday - the day of the meteorologist, which is celebrated in Russia on March 23, the press centre of JSC "Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport" spoke with Ekaterina Klepikova and learned about the intricacies and features of an important aviation profession.

At the end of 2018, the company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) presented a new “Operational Situation Centre” to support the operators of the SSJ100 aircraft. In modern world practice, it is assumed that the support of the life cycle of an aircraft largely lies with the aircraft manufacturer. In the USSR, there was no “single window” for airlines where the airline could receive versatile support that would deal with various aspects of aircraft operation. Thus, the experience of creating a global after-sales service system in Russia is being implemented for the first time in the framework of the SSJ100 project. We are talking about the new centre and the newly created structure of support for the operators with the President of the GSS, Alexander Ivanovich Rubtsov.

Even at the dawn of aviation, when the first desperate heroes on rag planes overcame gravity, women followed the strong sex to the sky. Since then, many famous pilots have proved to the whole world that the woman pilot and the “weaker sex” are incompatible concepts. Today, piloting a modern passenger aircraft is not an easy and daily job. But how female like is she? We will talk about this with the co-pilot of Globus airline Olga Zinovieva.

An interview with Andrei Ivanovich Boginsky, Director General of the Russian Helicopters Holding.

During the last air show in Bahrain, the SuperJet 100 aircraft was visited by King Hamad II, about that Alexander Rubtsov, President of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft JSC, told in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel. In the same interview there was a phrase that later sold out in many media outlets about the low maintenance of the SSJ100 fleet in operation. But many did not pay attention to the words of the SCA head, which is connected not with the quality or reliability of the aircraft, but with the lag in the development of maintenance capacities and the formation of spare parts warehouses. Airplanes stand in line for a long time for scheduled maintenance or waiting for the necessary spare parts. The fact that the SCAC plans to undertake to solve this problem, Alexander Rubtsov told AVIA.RU in an interview with journalists.

On November 6, for the first time in its history, the Zhukovsky airport near Moscow served the millionth passenger during the year. The jubilee passenger was Elena Melnikova, who was returning by Ural Airlines flight from Tbilisi. This event is certainly a landmark for the new regional airport, opened only in 2016.

On September 21, 2018, Azimut celebrated the first anniversary of the beginning of flights from Vnukovo Airport. On the same day, the 500,000th passenger of the airline was honoured at the airport. The executive director of the airline, Eduard Teplitsky, spoke about these significant events for the airline, and also about the prospects for the development of the airline in an interview with media representatives.

Since September 23, 2017 in the Pskov region sanitary aviation services are provided by a specialised aviation medical service "Helimed" - a division of the company JSC "Russian Helicopter Systems" (RHS). Company helicopters carry out sanitary missions within the framework of the priority project "Ensuring the timeliness of providing emergency medical care to citizens living in hard-to-reach areas of the Russian Federation". Andrei Alexandrov, the director of a separate division of Pskov, JSC Russian Helicopter Systems, tells about the working days of the sanitary aviation service in the region.

Interview with the President of Boeing in Russia and the CIS Sergei Vladimirovich Kravchenko

On May 19, 10 years have passed since the first flight of the first prototype of the new Russian regional jet SuperJet 100 (SSJ 100). In honour of the anniversary of this event, the company-developer of the aircraft - Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company organised a press tour for journalists, spotters and representatives of the blogosphere in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where the assembly lines of aircraft assemblies and the final assembly of SSJ 100 aircraft were organised, and Also there is a technocomplex for work with accessories. About how the production of the aircraft was developing, we are talking with the Vice-President for the production of the company "SCA" Dmitry Vladimirovich Bloshinsky.

April 25, 2018 at the Turkish airport of Antalya, the International Air Show Eurasia Airshow begins its work. On the first day of the air show "UAC - commercial aircraft" signed two agreements with Iranian airlines on the SuperJet 100 aircraft. Alexander Rubtsov, president of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, told us about the details of these agreements and the program for creating a new version of the Superjet RRJ75.

In the engineering center Kinetika in late December, Dassault Systèmes traditionally summed up the results of its work in Russia and the World in the outgoing year 2017. Alexey Ryzhov, Managing Director of Dassault Systèmes in Russia and the CIS, spoke about the company's work with aviation and space industries, results and prospects in an exclusive interview with Aviation EXplorer.

Interview with the author of the documentary film "Polar Brotherhood" about the cooperation of Soviet and British pilots in protecting the polar convoys and Murmansk in 1941, as well as other films about the «act of bravery» of Soviet pilots.

On December 4, the International Airport Koltsovo (part of the holding of Airports of the Regions) served a five-million passenger from the beginning of 2017. The figure of five million has been reached in Koltsovo for the first time in the modern history of the airport. To this significant event, a press conference was held with the participation of Evgeny Chudnovsky, General Director of the Airport Airports Authority, and Alexey Piskunov, Executive Director of Koltsovo Airport, where they shared with the media the preliminary results of the year within the holding of Airports of the Regions and the airport Koltsovo and also talked about preparations for the World Cup in 2018, answered questions from journalists.

On the eve of MAKS-2017, the general director of Ilyushin Finance Co. Alexander Rubtsov told AVIA.RU about the company's plans and prospects for the MC-21 project on the market.

One of the most discussed news of 2017 is the creation in the south of Russia of a new airline, Azimuth, which will operate with domestic Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircrafts. At the MAKS air show, the airline's CEO Pavel Aleksandrovich Ekzhanov signed with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft an agreement for the delivery of 4 more Sukhoi SuperJet 100 in addition to the 12 previously ordered. The first planes have already been delivered, and very soon the airline plans to execute its first flight. Let's be honest, not many believed that in the current economic conditions this is possible, but ... About what "Azimuth" is and in what, according to the ideologists of the project, the guarantee of success of the proposed business model, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the airline Pavel Udod said to AEX.ru correspondents.

On June 27, the new CEO of IATA Alexandre de Juniac had a working visit to Russia. Mr. De Juniac has held a number of working meetings with the aviation authorities of Russia and heads of airlines of Russia and the neighbouring countries. During past meetings the number of issues were discussed, some of which were announced at the press conference held on the same day, both during the welcome speech and during the Q&A session. We offer you excerpts from performances of Mr.De Juniac. De Juniac has broad aviation sector experience, including 14 years at French aerospace, space, defense, security and transportation company Thales, and its predecessor companies Thompson-CSF and Thompson SA (1995-2009). In his last position at Thales, de Juniac was responsible for the company’s operations and sales in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. De Juniac has also held positions in the French government. His career began with the Conseil d’Etat (State Council) from 1988 to 1993.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport is on the verge of great changes: the reconstruction of the complex began - the middle portion of the runway, there are works on the creation of the most comfortable conditions for passengers in the existing terminal building, a new airport terminal is in the stage of design. Indeed, the reality is that the capital of the Sakhalin region needs a new airport that meets all modern requirements. And at the end of March this year there was made a contract to design a new airport complex. About the changes that are going take place at the airport, we are talking with the CEO of JSC Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport Nikita Sergeyevich Polonsky.

Exclusive interview with the CEO of SuperJet International Nazario Cauceglia.

Now KRET is one of the leading Russian drone developers. Vladimir Mikheev, Advisor to First Deputy Director General, KRET, tells about the latest Concern’s developments, and future drone technologies.

In early 2015 a significant changes took place among the top officials of the aircraft industry. In fact, a new team was formed; it will be defining the industry’s development strategy in future. As we know, earlier Russian civil aircraft industry focused on two projects: Sukhoi Superjet 100 and MS-21 (medium-haul aircraft of the 21st century). We’ll discuss present and future of the industry with the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Andrei Ivanovich Boginsky.

Airshow China 2014 took place at Zhuhai, Guangdong in November 11-16. The event attracted many local and foreign participants and guests. There were many Russians at the show, including aircraft manufacturers and financiers. Ilyushin Finance Company (IFC) was among them. IFC general manager Alexander Roubtsov talked to the press recently about prospects in Asia-Pacific.

Interview with the Ka-52 helicopter crew at the Paris Air Show 2013: Alexander Cherednichenko, test pilot from Kamov Design Bureau, and Mikhail Pavlenko, holder of the state award Honored Test Pilot of Russia.

Interview with CEO of Ilyushin Finance & Co. (IFC)

Interview with Sergey Bogdan, test-pilot of Sukhoi Design Bureau.

A representative Russian delegation headed by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, President of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Mikhail Pogosyan, and the President of Irkut Corporation, Oleg Demchenko, visited Canada in early February. The visit resulted in signing a contract between Ilyushin Finance & Co (IFC) leasing company and Bombardier on delivery of CSeries 300 aircraft.

The interview of the head of Rosoboronexport’s department for analysis and advanced planning, Sergey Svechnikov, about the prospects of Russian military-industrial sector (MIS) and aircraft industry in Latin America. The conversation took place at the International Aerospace Exhibition FIDAE-2012, which was held on March 27th - April 1st in Santiago, the capital of Chile.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vnukovo International Airport told us about significant events of 2011 and future trends

Russia-EU Aviation summit is taking place in St. Petersburg. Deputy Minister of Transport, Valery Okulov, has told us about the range of questions discussed by the Russian aviation authorities with EU

Aeroflot has declared the acceptation of new development strategy for the period until 2025. It is obvious that the implementation of such an ambitious plans will be carried out not only by Aeroflot itself, but also by the airlines forming part of the group. We are discussing it with the CEO of Rossiya – Russian Airlines, Sergey Gennadievich Belov.

Duty journeys are essential part of journalist’s profession. A flight from Frankfurt to Moscow could have been routine if it was not for meeting the owner of VIM-Avia (and also Russian Sky and Bashkortostan airlines), Rashid Mursekaev. Rashid do not meet with journalists often so it would have been quite unreasonable not to take such a chance. As a result, we have been talking until the landing in Domodedovo. I would like to offer you a part of this conversation.

The first International Air-Transport Forum “Ulyanovsk-2011” has been taking place in Ulyanovsk from April 22nd to April 23rd. Items connected with cargo and passenger transportation and crew training have been discussed on the forum. The special attention has been paid to forecasts regarding cargo transportation market development in Russia and programs of domestic airlines’ transport aircraft fleet renewal. The executive president of Volga-Dnepr airline, Valery Gabriel, has shared his opinion regarding development of regional cargo centers and creation of specialized feed airline in the framework of Volga-Dnepr Group with Aviation EXplorer.

Nowadays the sharp rise in prices on aviation fuel worries not only airlines, but also senior aviation officials. In particular, deputy minister of Transport Valery Okulov has expressed his dissatisfaction with quite a drastic increase of prices on aviation kerosene. According to experts, it is difficult to foretell changes in oil product market in the near future or say if it will “nightmarize” the industry business. However, it is possible to make predictions basing on the current situation. We are discussing this situation in fueling sphere with the general director of Aerofuels Group Vladimir Spiridonov.

Questions-Answers session with UAC president Alexey Fedorov about Russia’s next generation commercial airliner.

Q/A session with Raj Kumar Singh, Secretary Defence Production, Ministry of Defense, Government of India

An interview with Dr. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the BrahMos Aerospace joint venture.