Aviation

August 19, 2011, Zhukovsky (Moscow region) - At the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011 Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Kuban Airlines signed a Letter of Intent for 12 Sukhoi Superjet 100/95B aircraft. The order is valued at 380,4 million USD at list prices. The document was signed by Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, President of JSC «Sukhoi Civil Aircraft» and Denis Ilyin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuban Airlines and Managing Director of Aviation Business at Basic Element Group.

Basel Aero and Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen signed a cooperation agreement to increase the throughput capacity of airports in the Krasnodar Territory at the Moscow International Aviation & Space Salon.

Kuban Airlines has tallied its results for 2010, which show steady growth in passenger numbers. The airline carried 666,454 passengers, or 21.71% more than the 547,579 it flew in 2009.