RUSSIA: Rossiya Airlines

Rossiya Airlines JSC , sometimes branded as Rossiya - Russian Airlines is a Russian airline headquartered in Saint Petersburg with its hub at Pulkovo Airport. It is predominantly owned by Aeroflot and serves domestic and some European destinations and additionally operates the aircraft fleet for the Government of Russia.

The airline was established in 1992 and is wholly owned by the Russian government. In 2006 the Russian government merged Rossiya Airlines with Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise and on October 29 the new airline started flying under the name Rossiya. The merger process began in December 2004. In November 2006 it was announced that the merger had been completed and Rossiya Airlines was registered in Saint Petersburg on 9 October 2006 and has a branch in Moscow and 54 offices in Russia and abroad.

In February 2010, the Russian government announced that all regional airlines owned by the state through the holding company 'Rostechnologii' would be consolidated with the national carrier Aeroflot in order to increase the airlines' financial viability.[6] The airline has operated flights under Aeroflot's "SU" since 30 March 2014.

Arising from the merger with Pulkovo Airlines, the bulk of the scheduled service operation is from Russia's second-largest city, St Petersburg, where Pulkovo was the dominant airline, and Rossiya continues to be. Operations based in Moscow are predominantly non-scheduled ones for state organisations, or flights operated on behalf of Aeroflot; Rossiya continues Pulkovo's lead role on the Moscow-St Petersburg route.

Rossiya has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

- Aeroflot (SkyTeam)
- Air Astana
- Air France (SkyTeam)
- Air Moldova
- airBaltic
- Austrian Airlines (Star Alliance)
- Belavia
- Czech Airlines (SkyTeam)
- Finnair (Oneworld)
- Hainan Airlines
- Iberia (Oneworld)
- Icelandair
- KLM (SkyTeam)
- Korean Air (SkyTeam)
- LOT Polish Airlines (Star Alliance)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Scandinavian Airlines (Star Alliance)
- Swiss International Air Lines (Star Alliance)

POLAND: SprintAir Flying To Radom Airport In Poland

On 18 April SprintAir commenced its first operations to Radom Airport in Poland in the form of a twice-weekly (Mondays and Wednesdays), 557-kilometre sector to Berlin Tegel. Operated by the carrier’s fleet of Saab 340s, the route faces no direct competition.

Seen celebrating with the inaugural crew is Remigiusz Mazur, PR Specialist for Radom Airport.

The carrier will also serve Gdansk, Prague and Wroclaw from the airport, with services to the three additional destinations starting between 19 and 22 April.

SprintAir commenced services to Radom (RDO) on 18 April with a connection to Berlin Tegel (TXL). The twice-weekly (Mondays and Wednesdays), 557-kilometre city pair with the German capital will be operated using the carrier’s Saab 340 fleet and faces no direct competition.

The regional airline will further expand its operations from the airport, when it launches flights to Gdansk, Prague and Wroclaw later this week.

Gdansk and Wroclaw mark the airport’s first domestic connections, while Prague was previously served by SkyTeam member Czech Airlines which operated a thrice-weekly service to the capital of the Czech Republic.