Poland has announced that it will conduct its own probe to determine the causes of last year's plane crash in Russia, which killed 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
Sun Country will launch its first transatlantic route on June 11th, offering weekly flights between Minneapolis and London using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Moscow-based Transaero has applied to the US DOT for permission to launch service between Moscow-Domodeovo and New York-JFK International Airport, as well as Miami International Airport.
Chechen Islamist rebel leader Dokka Umarov on Tuesday claimed responsibility for ordering a suicide bombing that killed 36 people and injured hundreds more at Moscow's busiest airport in January.