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 Volga-Dnepr charter cargo airline, the world’s largest operator of Antonov An-124, will modernize and reduce its fleet of the super heavy freighters to withstand a significant downturn of demand on the air cargo market.
