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.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) plans for its 130-seat commercial narrowbody jet to enter the market in 2016-20, said its head, Mikhail Pogosyan, last week at the International Air Transport Forum in Ulyanovsk. The aircraft is intended as a link between the future stretched variant of Sukhoi’s Superjet 100 with 110-115 seats, and the smallest, 150-passenger version of the MS-21.
MOSCOW — Sukhoi’s T-50 fifth-generation fighter prototype has undergone its first inflight refueling approach trials. According to Sukhoi, during a single flight earlier this month, the second flight prototype, T-50-2, accompanied by an Su-25UB aircraft, made nine contacts with an Ilyushin Il-78 flying tanker piloted by the Russian air force’s regular crew.
Russia's new regional Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft may lose its first customer—Armavia—if the parties cannot agree on the terms for delivery of two aircraft ordered in 2010. The dispute started in July when the Armenian airline threatened to cancel the delivery of the second SSJ100, due to failure to reach agreement on leasing terms worked out by Russian Vneshekonombank.
