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{{Short description|Russian airline}}
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{{Infobox airline
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Red Wings Airlines
| airline = Red Wings Airlines
| logo =
| logo = RedWings_Airlines_Logo.svg
| logo_size = 250
| logo_size =
| fleet_size = 28
| fleet_size = 27
| destinations = 28
| destinations = 28
| IATA = WZ
| IATA = WZ
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| parent =
| parent =
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1999}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1999}}
| headquarters = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]
| headquarters = [[Moscow]], Russia
| key_people = Yevgeny Solodilin (CEO)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/81230/|title=Former Zhukovsky Airport head Solodilin replaces Klyucharev as CEO of Red Wings|website=interfax.com|date=2022-07-13}}</ref>
| key_people = Yevgeny Solodilin (CEO)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/81230/|title=Former Zhukovsky Airport head Solodilin replaces Klyucharev as CEO of Red Wings|website=interfax.com|date=2022-07-13}}</ref>
| hubs = <div>
| hubs =
* [[Chelyabinsk Airport|Chelyabinsk]]
* [[Balandino Airport|Chelyabinsk]]
* [[Domodedovo International Airport|Moscow-Domodedovo]]
* [[Moscow Domodedovo Airport|Moscow-Domodedovo]]
* [[Zhukovsky International Airport|Moscow-Zhukovsky]]
* [[Omsk Tsentralny Airport|Omsk]]
* [[Omsk Tsentralny Airport|Omsk]]
* [[Pulkovo Airport|St Petersburg]]
* [[Pulkovo Airport|St Petersburg]]
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| frequent_flyer =
| frequent_flyer =
| alliance =
| alliance =
| subsidiaries = [[Sky Gates Airlines]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/131290-russias-red-wings-completes-sky-gates-acquisition|title=Russia's Red Wings completes Sky Gates acquisition|newspaper=Ch-Aviation|date=August 30, 2023}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.flyredwings.com}}
| website = {{URL|www.flyredwings.com}}
}}
}}


'''Red Wings Airlines''' is a [[Russia]]n regional leisure airline based in [[Moscow Domodedovo Airport]]. The airline provides both scheduled passenger and cargo services.
'''Red Wings Airlines''' is a Russian regional leisure{{clarify|date=April 2023}} airline based in [[Moscow Domodedovo Airport]]. The airline provides both scheduled passenger and cargo services.


==History==
==History==
[[File:Red Wings Logo Transparent.png|thumb|A former Red Wings logo used from 2008 to 2018.]]
[[File:Airlines 400 Tupolev Tu-154M Lebeda.jpg|thumb|A former Airline 400 [[Tupolev Tu-154]] at [[Pardubice Airport]] in 2005]]
[[File:Airlines 400 Tupolev Tu-154M Lebeda.jpg|thumb|A former Airline 400 [[Tupolev Tu-154]] at [[Pardubice Airport]] in 2005]]Red Wings was founded in 1999 under the name '''VARZ-400''', after the Russian [[acronym]] of the Vnukovo Avia Repair Factory. It was renamed '''Airlines 400''' in 2001, before adopting its current name in 2007.
[[File:Red Wings Logo Transparent.png|thumb|A former Red Wings logo used from 2008 to 2018]]
Red Wings was founded in 1999 under the name '''VARZ-400''', after the Russian [[acronym]] of the Vnukovo Avia Repair Factory. It was renamed '''Airlines 400''' in 2001, before adopting its current name in 2007.


The airline was owned by Russian tycoon [[Alexander Lebedev]], who wanted to create a discount airline using modern Russian [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tupolev Tu-204-100B]] 210-passenger twin-jet airliners, both newly built and used. The company had a fleet of ten Tu-204-100Bs (an eleventh Tu-204 was written off after crashing at [[Vnukovo International Airport]] on 29 December 2012), and had also sought to acquire [[Airbus A320]]s and possibly [[Airbus A321]]s to complement its Tu-204 fleet.<ref>"[http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/21/315031/red-wings-considers-a321s-as-suitable-a320s-prove-elusive.html Red Wings considers A321s as suitable A320s prove elusive]", [[Flight International]], Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref>
The airline was owned by Russian tycoon [[Alexander Lebedev]], who wanted to create a discount airline using modern Russian [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tupolev Tu-204-100B]] 210-passenger twin-jet airliners, both newly built and used. The company had a fleet of ten Tu-204-100Bs (an eleventh Tu-204 was written off after crashing at [[Vnukovo International Airport]] on 29 December 2012), and had also sought to acquire [[Airbus A320]]s and possibly [[Airbus A321]]s to complement its Tu-204 fleet.<ref>"[http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/21/315031/red-wings-considers-a321s-as-suitable-a320s-prove-elusive.html Red Wings considers A321s as suitable A320s prove elusive]", [[Flight International]], Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref>


Lebedev also owned 49% of [[Germany|German]] [[charter airline]] [[Blue Wings]], which was to become Red Wings's sister company. However, on 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased all operations and filed for bankruptcy, citing the global [[Financial crisis of 2007–2010|financial crisis]] for a pull-out of investors.<ref name=Flugrevue>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/airlines-flugbetrieb/blue-wings-stellt-flugbetrieb-ein.18238.htm|title=Blue Wings stellt Flugbetrieb ein|publisher=Flugrevue|language=de|access-date=13 January 2010}}</ref>
Lebedev also owned 49% of German [[charter airline]] [[Blue Wings]], which was to become Red Wings's sister company. However, on 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased all operations and filed for bankruptcy, citing the global [[Financial crisis of 2007–2010|financial crisis]] for a pull-out of investors.<ref name=Flugrevue>{{cite web|url=http://www.flugrevue.de/de/zivilluftfahrt/airlines-flugbetrieb/blue-wings-stellt-flugbetrieb-ein.18238.htm|title=Blue Wings stellt Flugbetrieb ein|publisher=Flugrevue|language=de|access-date=13 January 2010}}</ref>


After the crash of [[Red Wings Flight 9268|Flight 9268]] in Vnukovo, Russian aviation authorities initiated an emergency check of airline operational activities and fleet maintenance, resulting in the revocation of the carrier's AOC, effective on 4 February 2013. The airline had ceased all operations the day before and owner Alexander Lebedev announced that no return to operation was planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/companies/news/8653641/rosaviaciya_priostanavlivaet_dejstvie_sertifikata |title=ВЕДОМОСТИ – Росавиация приостановила действие сертификата эксплуатанта Red Wings|publisher=Vedomosti.ru|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref>"http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=novosti/novosti/novost/3031 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222003044/http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=novosti%2Fnovosti%2Fnovost%2F3031|date=22 February 2014}}"</ref>
After the crash of [[Red Wings Flight 9268|Flight 9268]] in Vnukovo, Russian aviation authorities initiated an emergency check of airline operational activities and fleet maintenance, resulting in the revocation of the carrier's AOC, effective on 4 February 2013. The airline had ceased all operations the day before and owner Alexander Lebedev announced that no return to operation was planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/companies/news/8653641/rosaviaciya_priostanavlivaet_dejstvie_sertifikata |title=ВЕДОМОСТИ – Росавиация приостановила действие сертификата эксплуатанта Red Wings|publisher=Vedomosti.ru|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref>"http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=novosti/novosti/novost/3031 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222003044/http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=novosti%2Fnovosti%2Fnovost%2F3031|date=22 February 2014}}"</ref>
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On 4 April 2013, NRC sold Red Wings Airlines Group "Guta" for one symbolic ruble (in this case, leased aircraft remained with the lessor NRC-owned company "Ilyushin Finance"). The new owners of Red Wings planned to increase the fleet to 10–15 aircraft; the airline was only going to buy Russian aircraft. On 25 April 2013, Red Wings announced it would be headed by Sergey Belov—the previous CEO of the airline "Russia". On 18 June 2013, the [[Federal Air Transport Agency]] renewed Red Wings' commercial passenger and cargo transportation certificate. On 22 June, the airline resumed charter flights, and on 12 July, scheduled flights from Moscow.
On 4 April 2013, NRC sold Red Wings Airlines Group "Guta" for one symbolic ruble (in this case, leased aircraft remained with the lessor NRC-owned company "Ilyushin Finance"). The new owners of Red Wings planned to increase the fleet to 10–15 aircraft; the airline was only going to buy Russian aircraft. On 25 April 2013, Red Wings announced it would be headed by Sergey Belov—the previous CEO of the airline "Russia". On 18 June 2013, the [[Federal Air Transport Agency]] renewed Red Wings' commercial passenger and cargo transportation certificate. On 22 June, the airline resumed charter flights, and on 12 July, scheduled flights from Moscow.


To increase their business power, Red Wings and [[Nordavia]] decided to merge. But while the process was initiated, a date for finalization of the merger or clarification of the two airlines' future business relationship and branding identities was never announced. The plan called for Airbus A320 aircraft initially ordered by Nordavia to be delivered to Red Wings. The new brand name was to be announced after completion of the merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/aviakompanii-red-wings-i-nordavia-obedinyatsya?slink=super|title=Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Нордавиа" объединятся|newspaper=ato.ru|date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
To increase their business power, Red Wings and [[Nordavia]] decided to merge. But while the process was initiated, a date for finalization of the merger or clarification of the two airlines' future business relationship and branding identities was never announced. The plan called for Airbus A320 aircraft initially ordered by Nordavia to be delivered to Red Wings. The new brand name was to be announced after the completion of the merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/aviakompanii-red-wings-i-nordavia-obedinyatsya?slink=super|title=Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Нордавиа" объединятся|newspaper=ato.ru|date=16 October 2017}}</ref>


On 20 September 2018, Red Wings announced its re-branding; the first aircraft to arrive with the updated livery was to be the Airbus A321, set to arrive by the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/red-wings-v-2019-godu-uvelichit-flot-i-passazhiropotok-v-15-raza?slink=super|title=ФОТО: Red Wings представила два варианта обновленной ливреи|newspaper=ato.ru|date=20 September 2018}}</ref>
On 20 September 2018, Red Wings announced its re-branding; the first aircraft to arrive with the updated livery was to be the Airbus A321, set to arrive by the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.ru/content/red-wings-v-2019-godu-uvelichit-flot-i-passazhiropotok-v-15-raza?slink=super|title=ФОТО: Red Wings представила два варианта обновленной ливреи|newspaper=ato.ru|date=20 September 2018}}</ref>


In August 2021 Red Wings air company signed their first personal services 20-year contract to the value of 500 million dollars with [[United Aircraft Corporation]] in order to technical support of SSJ100 engines. Before, only engine's manufacturer, PowerJet company, could carry the right to sign any technical support contracts with air companies directly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/newsroom/biznes/437429-red-wings-zaplatit-500-mln-za-obsluzhivanie-dvigateley-ssj-100-po-kontraktu|title=Red Wings заплатит $500 млн за обслуживание двигателей SSJ100 по контракту на 20 лет|language=ru|date=2021-08-16|publisher=Forbes (Россия)}}</ref>
In August 2021 Red Wings signed their first personal services 20-year contract to the value of 500 million dollars with [[United Aircraft Corporation]] in order to technical support of SSJ100 engines. Before, only the engine's manufacturer, PowerJet company, could carry the right to sign any technical support contracts with air companies directly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/newsroom/biznes/437429-red-wings-zaplatit-500-mln-za-obsluzhivanie-dvigateley-ssj-100-po-kontraktu|title=Red Wings заплатит $500 млн за обслуживание двигателей SSJ100 по контракту на 20 лет|language=ru|date=2021-08-16|publisher=Forbes (Россия)}}</ref>


==Destinations==
==Destinations==
{{Main|List of Red Wings Airlines destinations}}

===Codeshare agreements===
===Codeshare agreements===
Currently, Red Wings Airlines has only one [[codeshare agreement]]:
Currently, Red Wings Airlines has [[codeshare agreement]] with following airlines:
*[[Smartavia]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=Red Wings expands Nordavia codeshares in S19|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284280/red-wings-expands-nordavia-codeshares-in-s19/|access-date=10 May 2019|work=Routesonline|date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[Smartavia]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|title=Red Wings expands Nordavia codeshares in S19|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/284280/red-wings-expands-nordavia-codeshares-in-s19/|access-date=10 May 2019|work=Routesonline|date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[Ural Airlines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pravdaurfo.ru/novost/366629-aviakompanii-red-wings-i-uralskie-avialinii-dogovorilis-o-sovmestnyh-perevozkah/|title=Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Уральские авиалинии" договорились о совместных перевозках|newspaper=PravdaUrfo|date=7 October 2021}}</ref>
*[[Ural Airlines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pravdaurfo.ru/novost/366629-aviakompanii-red-wings-i-uralskie-avialinii-dogovorilis-o-sovmestnyh-perevozkah/|title=Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Уральские авиалинии" договорились о совместных перевозках|newspaper=PravdaUrfo|date=7 October 2021}}</ref>
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==Fleet==
==Fleet==
===Current fleet===
===Current fleet===
[[File:Red Wings, VP-BWW, Airbus A320-232 (29370249517).jpg|thumb|Red Wings Airlines [[Airbus A320-200]] wearing the former livery]]
[[File:Red Wings, VP-BWW, Airbus A320-232 (29370249517).jpg|thumb|Former Red Wings Airlines [[Airbus A320-200]] wearing the former livery]]
[[File:Red Wings, VP-BAN, Airbus A321-211 (49561133241).jpg|thumb|Red Wings Airlines [[Airbus A321-200]] wearing the new livery]]
[[File:Red Wings, VP-BAN, Airbus A321-211 (49561133241).jpg|thumb|Former Red Wings Airlines [[Airbus A321-200]] wearing the new livery]]


The Red Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft as of October 2022:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part Two)|journal=Airliner World|issue=November 2017|page=30}}</ref><ref name=ps>{{cite web|url=https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Red-Wings|title=Red Wings Fleet Details and History|website=Planespotters.net|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aex.ru/m/news/2020/10/9/217724/|title = Новости Aviation EXplorer: ГТЛК передала в лизинг авиакомпании Red Wings 2 самолета SSJ 100}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2022}}
The Red Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft as of January 2024:<ref>{{cite journal|title=Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part Two)|journal=Airliner World|issue=November 2017|page=30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aex.ru/m/news/2020/10/9/217724/|title = Новости Aviation EXplorer: ГТЛК передала в лизинг авиакомпании Red Wings 2 самолета SSJ 100}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Red Wings (WZ/RWZ) Fleet, Routes, & Reviews |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/wz-rwz/fleet |website=Flightradar24 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref>


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!rowspan=2|Aircraft
!rowspan=2|Aircraft
!rowspan=2|In <br> service
!rowspan=2|In <br /> service
!rowspan=2|Orders
!rowspan=2|Orders
!colspan=3|Passengers
!colspan=3|Passengers
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!<abbr title="Economy">Y</abbr>
!<abbr title="Economy">Y</abbr>
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|[[Airbus A320-200]]
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|2
⚫
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|180
|180
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|-
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|-
|[[Airbus A321-200]]
|6
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|220
|220
|
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 777-200ER]]
|[[Boeing 777-200ER]]
|3
|3
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|412
|412
|412
|412
|
|
|-
|-
⚫
|[[Sukhoi Superjet 100|Sukhoi Superjet 100-95]]
⚫
|[[Irkut MC-21|Irkut MC-21-300]]
|20
|&mdash;
|40
⚫
|16<ref name="Red wings new order">{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/maks-red-wings-signs-for-russian-jets-and-q400s-390028/|title=MAKS: Red Wings signs for Russian jets and Q400s|publisher=Flightglobal.com|date=30 August 2013|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atwonline.com/aircraft-orders-deliveries/irkut-mc-21-gets-new-orders-maks-air-show|title=Irkut MC-21 gets new orders at MAKS Air Show|date=18 July 2017|website=atwonline.com|language=en-GB|access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref>
|&ndash;
⚫
|colspan=3|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr>
|
|-
⚫
|[[Sukhoi Superjet 100-95]]
|17
|43
|&mdash;
|100
|100
|100
|100
|Order of overall 60 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/start-in-neue-aera-red-wings-uebernimmt-den-ersten-von-60-superjets/|title=Start in neue Ära: Red Wings übernimmt den ersten von 60 Superjets|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|Order of overall 60 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flugrevue.de/zivil/start-in-neue-aera-red-wings-uebernimmt-den-ersten-von-60-superjets/|title=Start in neue Ära: Red Wings übernimmt den ersten von 60 Superjets|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-214]]
|[[Tupolev Tu-204|Tupolev Tu 204-100]]{{Cn|date=December 2024}}
⚫
|3
⚫
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|210
|210
⚫
|
⚫
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-214]]<ref>https://x.com/La_souris_DA/status/1740410231895490597?s=20 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
|1
|1
|0
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
|&ndash;
|194
|194
|Used for international flights. <br /> Will eventually replace the A320 and A321s.
⚫
|-
⚫
|[[Irkut MC-21|Yakovlev MC-21-300]]
|&mdash;
|&mdash;
⚫
|16<ref name="Red wings new order">{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/maks-red-wings-signs-for-russian-jets-and-q400s-390028/|title=MAKS: Red Wings signs for Russian jets and Q400s|publisher=Flightglobal.com|date=30 August 2013|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://atwonline.com/aircraft-orders-deliveries/irkut-mc-21-gets-new-orders-maks-air-show|title=Irkut MC-21 gets new orders at MAKS Air Show|date=18 July 2017|website=atwonline.com|language=en-GB|access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref>
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|colspan=3|<abbr title="To Be Announced">TBA</abbr>
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|
|-
|-
!Total
!Total
!29
!27
!59
!56
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!colspan=4|
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===Retired fleet===
===Retired fleet===
Red Wings Airlines previously also operated the following types of aircraft:{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Red Wings Airlines previously also operated the following types of aircraft:{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
*[[Airbus A320-200]]<ref name="RW_storage_airbus">{{cite news |title=Red Wings в 2024г планирует получить второй грузовой Ил-96 и вернуть в строй часть A320 |url=https://tourism.interfax.ru/ru/news/articles/104501/ |access-date=13 December 2023 |work=Interfax-Tourism |date=12 December 2023 |language=ru}}</ref>
*[[Airbus A321-200]]<ref name="RW_storage_airbus"/>
*[[Ilyushin Il-76]]
*[[Ilyushin Il-76]]
*[[Tupolev Tu-154]]
*[[Tupolev Tu-154]]
*[[Tupolev Tu-204-100]]<ref name=ps/>
*[[Tupolev Tu-204|Tupolev Tu 204-100B]]<ref name=ps/>
*[[Tupolev Tu-214]] 1 left in fleet after long-term storage


==Accidents and incidents==
==Accidents and incidents==
*On 29 December 2012, at 16:35 local time (12:35 GMT), [[Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268]], a Tupolev TU-204-100В (Registration: RA-64047, c/n: 1450743164047, s/n: 047, built: 2008) crashed on landing after overrunning runway 19 at Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) following a non-revenue repositioning flight originating from [[Pardubice Airport]], [[Czech Republic]]. The aircraft broke up and came to a stop on elevated highway M3 about {{convert|400|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}past the runway's end. There were eight crew members on board of whom five were killed and the other three seriously injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20121229-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 204-100V RA-64047 Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO)|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Agencies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/29/russian-passenger-jet-crashes-moscow-vnukovo|title=Russian passenger jet crashes at Moscow's Vnukovo airport|work=Guardian|date=29 December 2012|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> The fatal Vnukovo accident was the second runway overrun incident involving a Red Wings operated TU-204-100B in nine days following a Moscow Vnukovo to [[Novosibirsk]] flight on 20 December 2012 that overran runway 25 at [[Tolmachevo Airport]] by {{convert|1,150|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} into an open field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=151372|title=ASN Aircraft accident 20-DEC-2012 Tupolev Tu-204-100V RA-64049|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|date=20 December 2012|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> Initial flight data recorder readouts indicate that brake failure as well as engine thrust reverser issues were major contributing causes in both overruns resulting in the issuance of additional airworthiness directives.<ref>Hradecky, Simon [http://avherald.com/h?article=45b4b3cb&opt=0 "Accident: Red Wings T204 at Moscow on Dec 29th 2012, overran runway on landing"] ''The Aviation Herald'', 29 December 2012. (updated 31 December 2012).</ref><ref>Hradecky, Simon [http://avherald.com/h?article=45ad34b5&opt=0 "Incident: Red Wings T204 at Novosibirsk on Dec 20th 2012, runway excursion on landing"] ''The Aviation Herald'' 20 December 2012 (updated 30 December 2012)</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/bad-brakes-cited-in-moscow-crash-landing-311397 ''Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing''] Agence France-Presse (via NDTV.com) 30 December 2012</ref><ref>Kaminski-Morrow, David [http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/tu-204-directive-warns-pilots-to-check-thrust-reverse-status-380606/ "Tu-204 directive warns pilots to check thrust-reverse status"] Flightglobal.com, 2 January 2013</ref> Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) later determined that, as in the precursor non-fatal overrun incident in Novosibirsk, the fatal Moscow accident was caused by a failure of the compression switches in two of the three landing gear assemblies to close on touchdown thus causing the engine thrust reverser shells to fail to deploy.<ref>[http://rbth.ru/news/2013/01/24/tu-204_red_wings_crash_in_vnukovo_was_caused_by_reverse_failure_-_inters_22178.html "Tu-204 Red Wings crash in Vnukovo was caused by reverse failure – Interstate Aviation Committee"] Russia Beyond the Headlines (rbth.ru) 24 January 2013</ref>
*On 29 December 2012, at 16:35 local time (12:35 GMT), [[Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268]], a Tupolev TU-204-100В (Registration: RA-64047, c/n: 1450743164047, s/n: 047, built: 2008) crashed on landing after overrunning runway 19 at Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) following a non-revenue repositioning flight originating from [[Pardubice Airport]], [[Czech Republic]]. The aircraft broke up and came to a stop on elevated highway M3 about {{convert|400|m|ft yd|abbr=out|0}} past the runway's end. There were eight crew members on board of whom five were killed and the other three seriously injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20121229-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 204-100V RA-64047 Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO)|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Agencies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/29/russian-passenger-jet-crashes-moscow-vnukovo|title=Russian passenger jet crashes at Moscow's Vnukovo airport|work=Guardian|date=29 December 2012|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> The fatal Vnukovo accident was the second runway overrun incident involving a Red Wings operated TU-204-100B in nine days following a Moscow Vnukovo to [[Novosibirsk]] flight on 20 December 2012 that overran runway 25 at [[Tolmachevo Airport]] by {{convert|1,150|ft|m|abbr=off|0|order=flip}} into an open field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=151372|title=ASN Aircraft accident 20-DEC-2012 Tupolev Tu-204-100V RA-64049|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|date=20 December 2012|access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref> Initial flight data recorder readouts indicate that brake failure, as well as engine thrust reverser issues, were major contributing causes in both overruns resulting in the issuance of additional airworthiness directives.<ref>Hradecky, Simon [http://avherald.com/h?article=45b4b3cb&opt=0 "Accident: Red Wings T204 at Moscow on Dec 29th 2012, overran runway on landing"] ''The Aviation Herald'', 29 December 2012. (updated 31 December 2012).</ref><ref>Hradecky, Simon [http://avherald.com/h?article=45ad34b5&opt=0 "Incident: Red Wings T204 at Novosibirsk on Dec 20th 2012, runway excursion on landing"] ''The Aviation Herald'' 20 December 2012 (updated 30 December 2012)</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/bad-brakes-cited-in-moscow-crash-landing-311397 ''Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing''] Agence France-Presse (via NDTV.com) 30 December 2012</ref><ref>Kaminski-Morrow, David [http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/tu-204-directive-warns-pilots-to-check-thrust-reverse-status-380606/ "Tu-204 directive warns pilots to check thrust-reverse status"] Flightglobal.com, 2 January 2013</ref> Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) later determined that, as in the precursor non-fatal overrun incident in Novosibirsk, the fatal Moscow accident was caused by a failure of the compression switches in two of the three landing gear assemblies to close on touchdown thus causing the engine thrust reverser shells to fail to deploy.<ref>[http://rbth.ru/news/2013/01/24/tu-204_red_wings_crash_in_vnukovo_was_caused_by_reverse_failure_-_inters_22178.html "Tu-204 Red Wings crash in Vnukovo was caused by reverse failure – Interstate Aviation Committee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619172257/http://rbth.ru/news/2013/01/24/tu-204_red_wings_crash_in_vnukovo_was_caused_by_reverse_failure_-_inters_22178.html |date=19 June 2020 }} Russia Beyond the Headlines (rbth.ru) 24 January 2013</ref>
*On 22 August 2018, one of the [[Aviadvigatel PS-90]] engines of a Red Wings [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tu-204]] operating flight WZ808 from [[Ufa]] to [[Sochi]] experienced an engine surge during takeoff from [[Ufa International Airport]] and subsequently caught fire. The crew did not receive any fire indications, the automatic fire suppression system did not work, and the manual fire suppression failed to fully extinguish the flames. Emergency services put out the fire after landing while the passengers were evacuated through the right hand emergency doors via slides. There were no injuries. A [[Rosaviatsia]] (Russia's Civil Aviation Authority) commission has been set up to investigate the occurrence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4bcae06f&opt=0|title=Incident: Red Wings T204 at Ufa on Aug 22nd 2018, engine fire|website=avherald.com|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
*On 22 August 2018, one of the [[Aviadvigatel PS-90]] engines of a Red Wings [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tu-204]] operating flight WZ808 from [[Ufa]] to [[Sochi]] experienced an engine surge during takeoff from [[Ufa International Airport]] and subsequently caught fire. The crew did not receive any fire indications, the automatic fire suppression system did not work, and the manual fire suppression failed to fully extinguish the flames. Emergency services put out the fire after landing while the passengers were evacuated through the right-hand emergency doors via slides. There were no injuries. A [[Rosaviatsia]] (Russia's Civil Aviation Authority) commission has been set up to investigate the occurrence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4bcae06f&opt=0|title=Incident: Red Wings T204 at Ufa on Aug 22nd 2018, engine fire|website=avherald.com|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>


==See also==
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Red Wings Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
WZ RWZ RED WINGS[1]
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Hubs
SubsidiariesSky Gates Airlines[2]
Fleet size27
Destinations28
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleYevgeny Solodilin (CEO)[3]
Websitewww.flyredwings.com

Red Wings Airlines is a Russian regional leisure[clarification needed] airline based in Moscow Domodedovo Airport. The airline provides both scheduled passenger and cargo services.

History

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A former Airline 400 Tupolev Tu-154 at Pardubice Airport in 2005
A former Red Wings logo used from 2008 to 2018

Red Wings was founded in 1999 under the name VARZ-400, after the Russian acronym of the Vnukovo Avia Repair Factory. It was renamed Airlines 400 in 2001, before adopting its current name in 2007.

The airline was owned by Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev, who wanted to create a discount airline using modern Russian Tupolev Tu-204-100B 210-passenger twin-jet airliners, both newly built and used. The company had a fleet of ten Tu-204-100Bs (an eleventh Tu-204 was written off after crashing at Vnukovo International Airport on 29 December 2012), and had also sought to acquire Airbus A320s and possibly Airbus A321s to complement its Tu-204 fleet.[4]

Lebedev also owned 49% of German charter airline Blue Wings, which was to become Red Wings's sister company. However, on 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased all operations and filed for bankruptcy, citing the global financial crisis for a pull-out of investors.[5]

After the crash of Flight 9268 in Vnukovo, Russian aviation authorities initiated an emergency check of airline operational activities and fleet maintenance, resulting in the revocation of the carrier's AOC, effective on 4 February 2013. The airline had ceased all operations the day before and owner Alexander Lebedev announced that no return to operation was planned.[6][7]

On 4 April 2013, NRC sold Red Wings Airlines Group "Guta" for one symbolic ruble (in this case, leased aircraft remained with the lessor NRC-owned company "Ilyushin Finance"). The new owners of Red Wings planned to increase the fleet to 10–15 aircraft; the airline was only going to buy Russian aircraft. On 25 April 2013, Red Wings announced it would be headed by Sergey Belov—the previous CEO of the airline "Russia". On 18 June 2013, the Federal Air Transport Agency renewed Red Wings' commercial passenger and cargo transportation certificate. On 22 June, the airline resumed charter flights, and on 12 July, scheduled flights from Moscow.

To increase their business power, Red Wings and Nordavia decided to merge. But while the process was initiated, a date for finalization of the merger or clarification of the two airlines' future business relationship and branding identities was never announced. The plan called for Airbus A320 aircraft initially ordered by Nordavia to be delivered to Red Wings. The new brand name was to be announced after the completion of the merger.[8]

On 20 September 2018, Red Wings announced its re-branding; the first aircraft to arrive with the updated livery was to be the Airbus A321, set to arrive by the end of 2018.[9]

In August 2021 Red Wings signed their first personal services 20-year contract to the value of 500 million dollars with United Aircraft Corporation in order to technical support of SSJ100 engines. Before, only the engine's manufacturer, PowerJet company, could carry the right to sign any technical support contracts with air companies directly.[10]

Destinations

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Codeshare agreements

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Currently, Red Wings Airlines has codeshare agreement with following airlines:

Fleet

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Current fleet

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Former Red Wings Airlines Airbus A320-200 wearing the former livery
Former Red Wings Airlines Airbus A321-200 wearing the new livery

The Red Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft as of January 2024:[13][14][15]

Red Wings Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 777-200ER 3 — – 412 412
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 20 40 – 100 100 Order of overall 60 aircraft.[16]
Tupolev Tu 204-100[citation needed] 3 — – 210 210
Tupolev Tu-214[17] 1 — – 194 194 Used for international flights.
Will eventually replace the A320 and A321s.
Yakovlev MC-21-300 — 16[18][19] TBA
Total 27 56

Retired fleet

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Red Wings Airlines previously also operated the following types of aircraft:[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 29 December 2012, at 16:35 local time (12:35 GMT), Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268, a Tupolev TU-204-100В (Registration: RA-64047, c/n: 1450743164047, s/n: 047, built: 2008) crashed on landing after overrunning runway 19 at Vnukovo International Airport (VKO) following a non-revenue repositioning flight originating from Pardubice Airport, Czech Republic. The aircraft broke up and came to a stop on elevated highway M3 about 400 metres (1,312 ft; 437 yd) past the runway's end. There were eight crew members on board of whom five were killed and the other three seriously injured.[21][22] The fatal Vnukovo accident was the second runway overrun incident involving a Red Wings operated TU-204-100B in nine days following a Moscow Vnukovo to Novosibirsk flight on 20 December 2012 that overran runway 25 at Tolmachevo Airport by 351 metres (1,150 feet) into an open field.[23] Initial flight data recorder readouts indicate that brake failure, as well as engine thrust reverser issues, were major contributing causes in both overruns resulting in the issuance of additional airworthiness directives.[24][25][26][27] Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) later determined that, as in the precursor non-fatal overrun incident in Novosibirsk, the fatal Moscow accident was caused by a failure of the compression switches in two of the three landing gear assemblies to close on touchdown thus causing the engine thrust reverser shells to fail to deploy.[28]
  • On 22 August 2018, one of the Aviadvigatel PS-90 engines of a Red Wings Tu-204 operating flight WZ808 from Ufa to Sochi experienced an engine surge during takeoff from Ufa International Airport and subsequently caught fire. The crew did not receive any fire indications, the automatic fire suppression system did not work, and the manual fire suppression failed to fully extinguish the flames. Emergency services put out the fire after landing while the passengers were evacuated through the right-hand emergency doors via slides. There were no injuries. A Rosaviatsia (Russia's Civil Aviation Authority) commission has been set up to investigate the occurrence.[29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marie-Pierre Balcaen, EUROCONTROL DAP/DIA. "Eurocontrol, Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services". Extranet.eurocontrol.int. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Russia's Red Wings completes Sky Gates acquisition". Ch-Aviation. 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Former Zhukovsky Airport head Solodilin replaces Klyucharev as CEO of Red Wings". interfax.com. 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Red Wings considers A321s as suitable A320s prove elusive", Flight International, Retrieved 24 August 2008
  5. ^ "Blue Wings stellt Flugbetrieb ein" (in German). Flugrevue. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  6. ^ "ВЕДОМОСТИ – Росавиация приостановила действие сертификата эксплуатанта Red Wings". Vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ^ "http://www.favt.ru/favt_new/?q=novosti/novosti/novost/3031 Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine"
  8. ^ "Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Нордавиа" объединятся". ato.ru. 16 October 2017.
  9. ^ "ФОТО: Red Wings представила два варианта обновленной ливреи". ato.ru. 20 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Red Wings заплатит $500 млн за обслуживание двигателей SSJ100 по контракту на 20 лет" (in Russian). Forbes (Россия). 16 August 2021.
  11. ^ Liu, Jim (10 May 2019). "Red Wings expands Nordavia codeshares in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Авиакомпании Red Wings и "Уральские авиалинии" договорились о совместных перевозках". PravdaUrfo. 7 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2017): 30.
  14. ^ "Новости Aviation EXplorer: ГТЛК передала в лизинг авиакомпании Red Wings 2 самолета SSJ 100".
  15. ^ "Red Wings (WZ/RWZ) Fleet, Routes, & Reviews". Flightradar24. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Start in neue Ära: Red Wings übernimmt den ersten von 60 Superjets". 14 September 2020.
  17. ^ https://x.com/La_souris_DA/status/1740410231895490597?s=20 [bare URL]
  18. ^ "MAKS: Red Wings signs for Russian jets and Q400s". Flightglobal.com. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  19. ^ "Irkut MC-21 gets new orders at MAKS Air Show". atwonline.com. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Red Wings в 2024г планирует получить второй грузовой Ил-96 и вернуть в строй часть A320". Interfax-Tourism (in Russian). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  21. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 204-100V RA-64047 Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO)". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  22. ^ Agencies (29 December 2012). "Russian passenger jet crashes at Moscow's Vnukovo airport". Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  23. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident 20-DEC-2012 Tupolev Tu-204-100V RA-64049". Aviation-safety.net. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  24. ^ Hradecky, Simon "Accident: Red Wings T204 at Moscow on Dec 29th 2012, overran runway on landing" The Aviation Herald, 29 December 2012. (updated 31 December 2012).
  25. ^ Hradecky, Simon "Incident: Red Wings T204 at Novosibirsk on Dec 20th 2012, runway excursion on landing" The Aviation Herald 20 December 2012 (updated 30 December 2012)
  26. ^ Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing Agence France-Presse (via NDTV.com) 30 December 2012
  27. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David "Tu-204 directive warns pilots to check thrust-reverse status" Flightglobal.com, 2 January 2013
  28. ^ "Tu-204 Red Wings crash in Vnukovo was caused by reverse failure – Interstate Aviation Committee" Archived 19 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine Russia Beyond the Headlines (rbth.ru) 24 January 2013
  29. ^ "Incident: Red Wings T204 at Ufa on Aug 22nd 2018, engine fire". avherald.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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