In addition to writing for Aviation Week Network, Maxim holds a key position at Russia's Air Transport Observer magazine (www.ato.ru). In the past he was in charge of several ATO sister aerospace publications and earlier worked for the Moscow-based CAST defense think-tank.
Maxim has a degree on international relations from MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia, and for several years worked at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
FRANKFURT — St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport has received technical approval for its new Pulkovo-1 Terminal, paving the way for expanding the facility’s passenger capacity. The new terminal was opened on a trial basis in December. Pulkovo’s main carrier, Rossiya Airlines, has already transferred all of its flights to Germany to the new terminal, while Transaero is using the new facility only for flights to Moscow.
Russia’s commercial air traffic reached a record level in 2013 as its domestic airlines carried 84.4 million passengers, the country’s Federal Air Transport Agency reports. This is more than one million passengers above the level for the year expected by Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov in November, and also 14% ahead of the prior year's pace, when Russian airlines carried 74 million passengers.
