iFly Airlines has begun the process of increasing the number of aircraft in its fleet in order to conform to Russian minimum fleet-size regulations. The leisure charter specialist took delivery of an ex-Hi Fly A330-300, EI-FSP, earlier last week and was in the process of adding an ex-Thomas Cook B757-200. Airline general director Ivan Burtin said…
Since the beginning of 2016/2017 MY, and as of July 20, the volume of grain exports from Russia totaled 1.2 million tons, down by 7.4% compared with the same period last season (1.3 million tons), the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation declared. According to the announcement, the wheat volumes formed 835.7 thousand tons…
Russian aircraft manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has delivered a brand-new Ilyushin Il-96-300 airplane to the Rossiya special air detachment reporting to the Office of the Russian President. The aircraft built by the VASO plant had passed all of its factory and official tests, according to UAC’s press office. The Il-96-300 received by Rossiya has…
On July 19-20, a delegation of the Permanent Representatives of foreign countries to the International Organizations in Vienna visited Russian nuclear industry enterprises – Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant and Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant. The list of the visiting participants included 18 senior diplomats representing Argentina, Belgium, China, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia,…
On July 18-24 Passenger Port of Saint Petersburg received 14 cruise ships which brought 22160 passengers, the port said in a press release. The total berth time of the ships is 27 ship-days, total amount of passenger operations – 111847. In the indicated period 6 helicopters have used the helipad of Passenger Port of Saint…
The Taganrog Krasnyi Kotelshchik Boilermaker, which is an integral part of Power Machines Company, manufactured and shipped a chamber-type high-pressure heater (PVD-K) for Belarus NPP being constructed. Large-size equipment weighing 138 tons will be installed at the first power unit of this plant. Seven similar heaters for this NPP are at the stage of manufacturing.…
Designing a 110 MW Leader-class icebreaker will take about a year and a half, Alexei Rakhmanov, President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has said. “Then we will think when the first sections are to be laid down and when the construction is to begin. It will require more experiments, more science”, he said at…