MOSCOW, August 18 (RAPSI) - Aeroflot Russian Airlines filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Commercial Court seeking to collect 2.1 billion rubles (about $33 million) from Transaero air carrier, according to court records.

A day for the hearing has not been assigned yet.

In late June, the Moscow District Commercial Court upheld recovery of 5.3 billion rubles ($82.8 mln) from Transaero in favor of Aeroflot.

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 ($44.5 mln) it owes to the competitor.

Transaero found itself unable to pay its debts estimating 250 billion rubles ($3.9 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.