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Russian flag carrier Aeroflot posts adjusted Q1 net loss

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has today reported an adjusted net loss of 3.4 billion roubles ($43.31m) in the first quarter of 2025, down from net profit of more than 6 billion roubles in the same time a year ago.

Business • 30 May

SMBC Aviation Capital gets a cash insurance settlement of $710m for its jets previously leased to Russia's state-owned airline Aeroflot

SMBC Aviation gets insurance deal over Aeroflot jets

Ireland-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital said it had received a cash insurance settlement of $710m for its jets previously leased to Russia's state-owned airline Aeroflot.

Business • 03 Oct 23

EU sanctions do not prohibit such insurance settlements with Russian entities

AerCap settles claim over stranded Aeroflot aircraft

The world's largest aircraft lessor has agreed to settle an insurance claim over Russia's refusal to return 17 jets leased to airline Aeroflot, a landmark agreement in a dispute over 400 Western planes stranded in the wake of the Ukraine invasion.

Business • 06 Sep 23

Aeroflot said in December that it had bought the aircraft

Irish section of Russian bank sold aircraft to Aeroflot

An Irish lessor that sold 10 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to Russia's flagship carrier Aeroflot last year was a local subsidiary of state controlled Russian development bank VEB, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Business • 11 Jan 23

At least one Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100 and an Airbus A350, both operated by Aeroflot, are currently grounded and being disassembled

Russia stripping planes for parts as sanctions bite

Russian airlines, including state-controlled Aeroflot, are stripping jetliners to secure spare parts they can no longer buy abroad because of Western sanctions, four industry sources told Reuters.

Business • 09 Aug 22

Airbus has cancelled orders from Aeroflot for a further four A350s after earlier cancellations

Airbus delivered 46 jets in July, books big China order

Airbus has confirmed slower deliveries in July as a supply crunch left semi-finished jets outside its factories without engines, but bolstered its future business with confirmation of a major new order from China.

Business • 09 Aug 22

Flights will depart Moscow Sheremetyevo at 19.20 and arrive in Dublin at 20.45

New daily service between Dublin and Moscow

Aeroflot is to operate a new daily service between Dublin and Moscow with an Airbus A320 aircraft.

Business • 08 Oct 18

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