All news for 24 january 2011Blasts in Domodedovo airport: 35 killed, hundred more wounded
In the evening of Monday 24 January a series of explosions took lives of 35 people and wounded over a hundred in Moscow Domodedovo airport.
Aeroflot carried more than 11 million passengers in 2010
The Russian flag carrier transported over 11 million passengers last year, according to general director Vitaly Savelyev.
Red Wings traffic in 2010 rose by 30%
Red Wings, the biggest Tu-204 operator, carried 858,551 passenger past year, exceeding the respective figure for 2009 by 29.74%.
Kremlin is asked for Rouble 9.9 billion to support Tu-204
Earlier this month the Russian government decided to support the Tupolev Tu-204 jetliner. To rescue the ailing program, the goverment must provide Rouble 9.9 billion.
US considers helicopter contract with Rosoboronexport
According to the Wall Street Journal, the US ministry of defense is considering awarding Russian state arms vendor Rosoboronexport a contract on helicopters for the Afghan Army.
Rosoboronexport delivers two Mi-171E to Ecuador
Russian arms vendor has delivered two Mil Mi-171E military medium weight transport helicopters to the Ecuadorian Army Aviation.
Stretched Superjet to be decided by Paris airshow 2011
Sukhoi and its shareholder Alenia will make a decision on a stretched version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) by the airshow in Paris opening in June 2011.
Russian-made An-148 has carried 207,000 passengers
The number of passengers carried on Russian-made An-148 regional jets has exceeded 207 thousands, according to GTK Rossiya.