Safety rating of the Russian air carriers composed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has been announced by the Federal Air Transport Agency. The rating was composed under the scheme of Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft Programme (SAFA).

The air carrier Ural Airlines begins a new unique service on the January, 2, 2010. A new regular flight will connect the capital of Urals, Yekaterinburg and Verona, Italy.

The Russian ice-breaker Khlebnikov stuck in the ices of Antrktica with the tourists on board is getting slowly away from the ices to the clear water. It stuck in the ices during the cruise trip along Antarctica.

Vladivostok Avia air carrier renews the regular flights Khabarovsk – Anadyr.

The flight St. Petersburg – Helsinki for 12. 35 of the Finnish air carrier Finnair was cancelled. The sources convey that the reason for this trouble is a strike of the Finnish pilots.

New terminal of Sochi, the coming Olympic capital has begun receiving commercial flights. The first flight was a domestic one, but yesterday, on the November, 12 an international flight from Vienna has landed there.

The Austrian air carrier Austrian Airlines has prolonged the convention with Russia and will carry out the services Vienna – Moscow till February, 2010.

The aircrafts Sukhoi Super Jet 100 won’t be received by Aeroflot Air Company till the end of the current year. The delivery schedule is being established. The aircraft was to be supplied in December, 2009, but now it is not clear, when it happens.

The air carrier of Vladivostok Avia has presented its new regular flight today, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The Airbus A330 with 275 passengers on board took a ply to Moscow. The passengers who checked-in first, second and third received presents from the air company.

The troublesome financial and economic situation and the lack of proposals from the interested organizations compelled the Moscow administration to renounce an idea of creating a water-taxi service in the crowded Russian capital.