Russia’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) handled a record number of flights during the first nine months of 2017, ATC said in a statement Oct. 13.

Federal state unitary enterprise «State Corporation for air traffic management» takes part in opened on Tuesday in Zhukovsky International aviation-space salon MAKS-2017.

If you have a Russia trip coming up soon, then keep a close eye on those charts. The whole feet-meters conversion/QFE/”Descend to height” carry on is going to start disappearing effective February 2017.

In Zhukovsky town situated near Moscow in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev opening of the new airport of the Moscow air hub took place. The international airport Zhukovsky is the first airport complex in Russia where possibilities of effective non-aeronautical activities were taken into account during blueprint stages of the terminal.

IV National Aviation Infrastructure Show NAIS 2017 opened on 8 February in Crocus Expo. NAIS is a landmark event for professionals of the aviation industry and a key platform for dialogue between representatives of aviation business and authorities.

Air traffic services at Kamchatka Air Navigation branch, FSUE “State ATM Corporation” are now provided with the use of a state-of-the-art automated TOPAZ ATM system after an authorization for commissioning of a new control tower at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport was granted by the Federal Air Transport Agency.

On 28 April 2016, at 00:00 UTC, responsibilities for air traffic management in the upper airspace of “EAST” Sector of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ACC were transferred to «Kamchatka-1» Sector of Magadan Flight Control Centre in full compliance with the Russian Federation Government Decree № 652 dated 01.09.2008 on approval of Federal Target Programme of Russian ATM System modernization (2009-2020) and Magadan ACC consolidation Action Plan.

Commission of experts including representatives of Central Siberia Air Navigation branch, Krasnoyarsk ATM center and NITA held a technical meeting for the progress of  ATM system introduction in Krasnoyarsk consolidated center.

Last week, “Kamchatka Air Navigation” Branch of State ATM Corporation conducted VOLKAM/16 international remote volcanic ash exercises for the Far Eastern part of ICAO European Region.