Ukraine

A Canadian court has upheld a ruling holding that Ukraine International Airlines is liable for the shootdown of one of its airplanes over Iran in 2020.

The closure of Russian airspace to Western carriers, combined with the closing of airspace due to armed conflicts in the Middle East, has made it much harder for Scandinavian airlines to travel to Asia.

airBaltic delegation visits Kyiv, solidifying commitment to resume service as soon as Ukraine’s airspace reopens to commercial flights.

Ukraine International Airlines, the flag carrier of Ukraine, has entered bankruptcy proceedings after being sued by Ukreximbank, a Ukrainian state-owned bank. The move comes about a month after the airline began selling off assets below market value to pay off its debts, which total $568 million. The airline paused commercial passenger operations after Russia invaded […]

Ryanair is gearing up to serve a war-stricken nation.

Editors note: This is the second article in a series on Aeroflot. Read Part 1 here. Our last report concluded that most of Aeroflot’s widebody fleet has shifted from international to domestic flights due to international air space restrictions. What is the flag carrier doing with its domestic fleet now that the market has added […]

Six months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine. Despite overwhelming support for Ukraine from the rest of the world, there is still no end in sight to the conflict between the two countries. Nearly every global industry has seen changes to their operations, supply chains or both, but civil aviation saw some of the most […]

Ukrainian low-cost carrier SkyUp Airlines took delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 on Tuesday, becoming the tenth aircraft of this type to join its fleet. The airplane, with the manufacturer’s serial number (MSN) 40249, completed its first flight in July 2011. From August of that year, it operated for FlyDubai and in 2019 it joined the fleet […]

Since Friday, March 4, China began to evacuate its citizens from active war zones in Ukraine via commercial flights. As of the moment this report has been posted, a total of 7 flights has been executed from Romania and Poland to pick up Chinese nationals and their families to go to China. Chinese foreign missions […]

The current war in Eastern Europe, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is the focus of worldwide attention as it is the cause of numerous sanctions against Russia by Western NATO countries. These sanctions include a ban on overflying European airspace, suspension of logistical support to Russian carriers by Airbus and Boeing, and an obligation […]