Russia’s Bizav Boom Continues in the Face of Obstacles
Moscow’s 2012 Jet Expo show demonstrated the continuing growth trend for business aviation in Russia.
Moscow’s 2012 Jet Expo show demonstrated the continuing growth trend for business aviation in Russia.

Demand for business aviation in Russia and the wider Commonwealth of Independent States is continuing to excite aircraft manufacturers and service providers alike, especially with the nearby markets of Western Europe remaining largely stagnant. Russia was not untouched by fallout from the financial crisis that started in 2008, but for most of the past 10 years has sustained strong business aviation growth. At Moscow’s seventh annual Jet Expo show in late September, Gulfstream Aerospace president Larry Flynn went so far as to say that he now sees more stable growth in Russia than in China, where miraculous rates of economic growth now seem to be slowing.

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