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RUSSIA

PRIVATELY OWNED AIRLINE/ WAN: HAS RUSSIA INTRODUCED A WAN: AND MILITARY DRONE SEC-
CHARTER OPERATIONS IN RUSSIA? HEALTH PASSPORT OR THEY ARE TOR SEEMS TO BE EXPANDING? IS
All the airlines in Russia are share-holding GOING TO? ARE THEY USING THE THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US

companies. The Flag carrier Aeroflot lion’s IATA TRAVEL PASS? ABOUT THIS SECTOR?
share belongs to the Russian state but Currently the Russian citizens are able The military drone sector is going very well.

everybody is able to buy company shares to get any of three vaccines available. Russia is going to close the existing gap that

through the stock exchange. The similar Vaccinated travellers receive a special exists between itself and Western nations

situation with Aeroflot subsidiaries, namely certificate in Russian and includes domestic in drone development. The small drones

Rossiya and Pobeda. As far as I know all the passport details. In the near future the of the Eleron family produced by the
others are owned privately.

certificate can be translated in English Kazan-based ENICS have been produced

WAN: HOW IS THE AEROFLOT with the help of the state services internet in quantity and form part of the UAV units
COMPANY DOING? site. Perhaps, this will help to speed for military and para-military forces in all
Russian military districts.

Aeroflot has received the lion’s share up the return of the Russian travelling The larger Orlan family UAV has also

internationally.
of the state supporting money which become operational and received its first

in fact was given to all the airlines in WAN: IN THE WESTERN WORLD, order from an international customer .

proportion to their previous numbers of THERE ARE PREDICTIONS THAT Myanmar has signed a contract for an

passengers. The company is in the process THERE WILL BE A PILOT SHORTAGE unspecified number of this vehicle in

of restructuring and is going to concentrate BECAUSE OF ALL THE LAY-OFFS, CUT February this year. Both Eleron and Orlan

mainly on international routes and the BACKS AND RETRENCHMENTS. WILL are promoted internationally by Rosobo-

most attractive domestic routes, such as RUSSIA ALSO HAVE A SHORTAGE? ronexport.
Moscow-Sochi, Moscow-St.-Petersburg etc. At the moment there are no figures The Orion UAV has become the first

All the others are to be operated by Rossiya on a commercial pilots’ shortage but operational striking Russian drone and has

and Pobeda. The last one also makes flights records have said that Russian pilots with already been combat tested in Syria.
to the Crimea. international experience and licences for

Aeroflot itself is going to operate a limit- Airbus and Boeing have moved to China Larger striking drones such as Okhotnik

ed number of aircraft models from Boeing and other South East countries to assist (Hunter) and Grom (Thunder) are well on

the way *.
and Airbus only while all the other types if the problem occurs in the future. The

are to be handled by Rossiya and Pobeda reason for this movement of pilots is that Okhotnik has been reported to fly with

including a large fleet of SSJ. because domestic salaries are less than the 5th generation Su-57 combat aircraft to

form a unique striking pair.

WAN: WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH those internationally. *Articles related to these developments

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL? RECENT WAN: LET’S GO TO THE MILITARY were featured in the April edition of

NEWS REPORTS HAVE INDICATED AVIATION SECTOR. CAN YOU TELL World Airnews
THAT TRAVEL BETWEEN RUSSIA, US ABOUT NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS
TURKEY, THE UAE AND JAPAN HAS FAR THE 11-LL2V TRANSPORT PLANE WAN: LASTLY WE TURN
STARTED UP. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE IS CONCERNED? OUR ATTENTION TO THE
ON WHEN RUSSIAN PEOPLE WILL BE DEVELOPMENTS AND WORK DONE
ABLE TO TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY? The Il-112 is set to replace an ageing IN THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION
fleet of Antonov transport aircraft. The

The situation changes all the time because programme has the full support from the FUEL SECTOR. WHAT RUSSIA
COMPANIES ARE WORKING ON
of COVID. According to the government government and MoD and is on schedule. THE PRODUCTION? HAVE THERE
any foreign country which wants to invite The aircraft has started test flights and is BEEN ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS

Russian tourists must have its own safety set to become operational by the end of SECTOR?

standards from an epidemic point of view. the year.

In fact, all the new types of virus such as A public flying demonstration is scheduled There has been no special information

the ones from British and South African for MAKS airshow. The Il-114-300 is a sister on this sector. Sometime news reports
have come into Russia with returning commercial passenger which is to form the referred to the temporary shortage of

tourists from Turkey. It is not clear when core of the new Far East regional airline aviation fuel available at remote airports

free international travelling is going to form 2023. and claims about the high cost of sustain-

return. able aviation fuel. Q
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