MOSCOW, June 9 (RAPSI) – The Aeroflot has filed a lawsuit against another airline, Transaero, with the Moscow Commercial Court, demanding 429 million rubles ($6.6 million), RAPSI learned in the court on Thursday.

Also, on June 20 the Thirteenth Court of Appeals is going to review an appeal by Transaero against the St. Petersburg Commercial Court ruling to include 5.3 billion rubles ($66.2 mln) debt to Aeroflot in the creditors’ demands list.

On January 25, the Moscow Commercial Court ruled in favor of Aeroflot in a lawsuit against Transaero, ordering the defendant to pay about 2.85 billion rubles ($35.6 mln) it owes to the competitor.

On December 7, the Moscow Commercial Court granted the first lawsuit filed by Aeroflot against Transaero and ordered the latter to pay 5.3 billion rubles ($66.2 mln).

Transaero found itself unable to pay its debts estimating 250 billion rubles ($3.5 billion). Government-approved plan of transferring 75% of company’s shares to Aeroflot failed. Its problems resulted in a large number of flight cancels and delays.

In October, Sberbank and Alfa Bank filed bankruptcy petitions against the troubled airline. The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region initiated a bankruptcy procedure against Transaero on December 16.