By the early 1960s, Soviet citizens could boast that their country not only possessed the world’s largest transport plane, the Tupolev Tu-114, but that the state airline company Aeroflot also operated the world’s longest non-stop passenger run with its service between Havana, Cuba and Moscow.
What was it like to fly the Soviet skies at [...]

I always find it most difficult for me to stay abreast of current developments during the dogs days of summer. This year is no exception. Fortunately, the folks at Aviation Week and Space Technology are on the ball. They’ve just published a very good article concerning the current state of Russia’s commercial airline industry. According [...]

Over at the American Thinker, editor Thomas Lifeson has just posted another one of his characteristically well-informed and thought-provoking reports on the troubles roiling Airbus. In “Airbus Must Thread a Needle,” Thomas lays out the daunting challenges that the company will have to overcome if it is to remain a viable competitor against Boeing in [...]

On Wednesday, Aeroflot officials announced their long-delayed and much anticipated decision regarding the purchase of 44 new planes. The verdict? The state-run company will split the difference between the two foreign contestants by ordering 22 each from Boeing and Airbus.
The decision comes as no real surprise, indicating the Russian state’s interest in maintaining good relations [...]