Sergei Alexandrovsky

Sergei Alexandrovsky is the CEO of Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline group and the national flag carrier. Aeroflot, founded in 1923, is one of the world's oldest airlines and historically served as Russia's primary international carrier with a fleet of modern Boeing and Airbus aircraft and membership in the SkyTeam airline alliance. The post-2022 sanctions environment fundamentally transformed Aeroflot's business model. Western sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine cut off access to new aircraft, spare parts from Boeing and Airbus, flight operations to European and North American destinations, and leasing arrangements (leading to the controversial re-registration of leased aircraft). Alexandrovsky's leadership has focused on managing this unprecedented disruption: maintaining fleet airworthiness with limited parts access, pivoting routes toward domestic, CIS, Middle East, and Asian destinations, and planning for future fleet renewal with Russian-made MC-21 and Sukhoi Superjet aircraft. His decisions on fleet management strategy (cannibalization vs. parallel import of parts), route network optimization within the constrained operating environment, the timeline for integrating domestically produced aircraft, and managing Aeroflot's financial health under operational limitations are the defining variables for the airline's future. Aeroflot's stock, traded on the Moscow Exchange, reflects both the airline's operational performance and the broader trajectory of Russia's economic isolation.