On behalf of Finnair, Flybe Finland will operate three round-trips a week on each of the three new routes, with Embraer 190 jets. The airline begins flying all three routes this summer.

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Moscow-based leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co.’s shareholders have approved its conditional purchase agreement with Bombardier Aerospace for CS300 jetliners and the deal is now a firm order. It increases total firm sales of the Bombardier CSeries family to 177 aircraft and Bombardier holds lesser commitments on another 211.

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Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana will launch new services from Almaty and Astana to Ukraine’s capital Kiev on March 31 and April 1 respectively. It will also begin flying from Atyrau, on the Caspian Sea, to Moscow on April 1 and between Astana and Orenburg in southern Russia on April 16.

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Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines has launched an expanded schedule which includes 29 new scheduled international routes from a total of 12 Greek and Cypriot airports, eight of which Aegean uses as bases.

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Yakutia Airlines will fly three Bombardier Q400 turboprops, all acquired used. It has already taken delivery of the first. The Q400 is the largest Western-built turboprop aircraft to be awarded type approval for operation in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Aviation Capital Services LLC, an aircraft leasing company which is a subsidiary of the State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostech), has announced a commitment by Rostech to purchase 35 Boeing 737 MAX jets.

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The carrier’s flights to the major Siberian industrial and transportation center will be operated by 50-seat Fokker 50 turboprops twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays. Two more weekly frequencies, operated by Embraer 190 jets on Thursdays and Sundays, will begin from September 1.

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SkyTeam’s new Go Russia Pass is available to passengers traveling on flights originating outside Russia with any of SkyTeam’s 15 member airlines, or on a Go Round the World ticket. The pass includes more than 30 destinations from Aeroflot’s hub at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

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Transaero Airlines of Russia has signed an order for four 787-8 Dreamliners, the signing ceremony for the $744 million order making history by being held on board the 787 during a demonstration flight for Transaero’s executives, employees and special guests.

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The order follows a memorandum of understanding which Transaero Airlines signed in August at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Salon in Moscow.

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Marriott International has opened its first hotel in Siberia, the 208-room Courtyard by Marriott Irkutsk City Center.

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Singapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ flight code to Transaero-operated flights between the Russian capital Moscow and Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. Transaero will add its ‘UN’ flight code to Singapore Airlines-operated flights between Moscow and Singapore, and between Moscow and Houston.

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The State Corporation’s Supervisory Board approved the definitive agreement it signed and announced on September 17 during the Sochi Investment Forum in Russia. Rostechnology’s order includes 15 Boeing 737-700s, 25 737-800s and 10 737-900ERs.

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As the 518-room Warsaw Marriott Hotel ― Marriott’s first hotel in the former Eastern Bloc ― celebrates the 20th anniversary of its grand opening, Marriott International, Inc. has signed agreements to operate two more hotels in Russia.

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