S7 Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) also known as Sibir Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk), will see its current 71.3% majority shareholder, S7 Group, acquire the Russian Government's 25.5% stake in the company for USD35.6million (RUB1.13billion). According to Alfa-bank, the transaction's overseer, S7's bid was 1% higher than the original asking price. According to Interfax News Agency, Russia's Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) had been trying to sell its 25.5% stake in Sibir since 2001, but all of the auctions had fallen through due to a lack of bids. This time round however, while four bids were received, only three met benchmark requirements: that from S7, Evrofinansy-Nedvizhimost LLC and Fondovye Strategicheskie Initsiativy LLC. Moscow still has 45 days to approve the deal.

Sibir Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) has been rebranded as S7 Airlines (S7/Novosibirsk). It has announced plans to establish a new base in Chelyabinsk among other new routes:
Chelyabinsk-Adler/Sochi: weekly Tu-154 service starting on June 4
Chelyabinsk-Anapa: weekly Tu-154 service starting on June 5
Chelyabinsk-Dushanbe: 2x weekly B737-500 service starting on May 6
Chelyabinsk-Khudzhand: weekly B737-500 service starting on May 8
Chelyabinsk-St. Petersburg: weekly B737-500 service starting on June 5
Chelyabinsk-Yerevan: weekly B737-500 service starting on May 5
Moscow Domodedovo-Osh: weekly Tu-154 service (already launched)
Moscow Domodedovo-Pavlodar: 2x weekly Tu-154 service (already launched)
Moscow Domodedovo-Perm: 6x weekly B737-500 service (already launched)
Moscow Domodedovo-Urgench: weekly Tu-154 starting on May 22
S7 Airlines has however retired its two Tu-204s.

Sibir Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) will lease ten ex-Northwest Airlines (NW/Minneapolis/St. Paul) A319-100s. It has launched twice daily B737-500 service from Moscow Domodedovo to Samara. It has also launched new routes from Moscow Domodedovo to Chita and Ufa using VIM Airlines (NN/Moscow Domodedovo) B757-200s. Sibir is also planning to add a single B737-400 later this year for charter services. It has however given up its routes from Domodedovo to Bangkok and Krasnoyarsk.

Sibir Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) is reportedly planning to add 10 ex-Northwest Airlines (NW/Minneapolis/St. Paul) A319-100s.

Sibir Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) will add two ex-Hapagfly (HF/Hanover) A310s this winter, one -200 and one -300 series aircraft.