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Not to be confused with Moscovia Airlines.
Moscow Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
7B MOA —
Founded1993 as Atlant-Soyuz Airlines
2010 renamed Moscow Airlines
HubsVnukovo International Airport
Fleet size15 (8 of which are used for scheduled flights)
Destinations12
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleValery Evgenevich Menitsky (Chairman of the Board)
Vladimir Vasilievich Davidov (General Director)
[citation needed]
Websitewww.flymoscow.ru

JSC Moscow Airlines (Template:Lang-ru) is an airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating domestic and international passenger and cargo flights out of Vnukovo International Airport.

History

Logo of Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (used until 2010).

The airline was founded as Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Template:Lang-ru) and started operations in June 1993. In 2007, the company was owned by private investors (75%) and the City of Moscow (25%) and had 726 employees[1]. Initial plans for a joint-venture with US-based cargo airline Evergreen International Airlines where brought forth in 2007, but never materialized.[2]

On 17 September 2010, the airline was rebranded as Moscow Airlines.[3]

Destinations

An Atlant-Soyuz Airlines Boeing 737-300 in the latest livery takes off from Vnukovo International Airport (2007).
An Atlant-Soyuz Airlines Ilyushin Il-86 in old livery (2009).
An Atlant-Soyuz Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft landing at Balad Airbase, Iraq (2005).

Passenger

As of November 2010, Moscow Airlines serves the following scheduled destinations:[4]

Cargo

Moscow Airlines offers a wide range of chartered cargo flights throughout Russia, Asia, Africa, and Europe, which are operated with Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft.[citation needed]

Fleet

As of November 2010, Moscow Airlines operates a fleet of 8 Boeing aircraft, which are used for the scheduled passenger flights.[5] Additionally, it owns several Tupolev and Ilyushin aircraft, which mostly serve on charter routes. The airline placed an important order for a total of 30 aircraft of the recently introduced Antonov An-148 type, which are planned to be delivered between 2010 and 2012.[citation needed]

Moscow Airlines fleet

Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Deliveries Notes
C Y+ Y Total
Antonov An-148-100E — 15 TBA 68 2010-2011
Antonov An-148-200 — 10 TBA 82 2012
Antonov An-148 ABJ — 2 TBA VIP 2011-2012
Antonov An-148 ABJ — 3 TBA all-business 2011-2012
Boeing 737-300 2[5] — 8 0 120 128
Boeing 737-800 6[5] 2 ?
0 		0
0 		?
189 		162
189 		replacing Ilyushin Il-86
Ilyushin Il-86 5[3] — 0 0 350 350 replacement aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Tupolev Tu-154M 2[3] — 8
0 		0
0 		150
176 		158
176

References

  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 79.
  2. ^ "Joint venture". Airliner World. August 2007. p. 13.
  3. ^ a b c Moscow Airlines entry at the Aero Transport Database
  4. ^ http://www.flymoscow.ru/en/info/dest/ Moscow Airlines timetable. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  5. ^ a b c Moscow Airlines Boeing fleet list at planespotters.net
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