Polina Montag-Girmes

Journalist

Cyprus

Summary

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000. She has previously worked for Russky Telegraf 1997-1998, Russia Journal 1999-2000, the Vremya Novostei newspaper 2000-2001, the Russky Focus business weekly 2001-2004 and the Kompania business weekly in 2004-2005.

Starting as a journalist for Air Transport Observer Magazine in 2005, she had become deputy editor by the time she left in 2014, moving to Germany.

She has also written and edited a number of surveys and editorial on airline, aircraft and travel issues for a number of Russian and international publications.

She lives with her husband, twins, and a dog and cat in Cyprus.

Articles

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Belavia Belarusian Airlines has taken delivery of the first of three new Boeing 737-800s out of an order placed in 2014.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airlines plans to double its network at Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo International Airport for the 2016/2017 winter schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
A KrasAvia Yakovlev Yak-42 overran a runway at Ufa International Airport in Bashkortostan, Russia, by 1,312 ft. (400 meters) Aug. 12, at 4:30 a.m. local time.
Safety, Ops & Regulation