List of defunct airlines of Russia
This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia.[1]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise | UKU | PYSHMA | 1993 | 2011 | |||
| 61 Vozdushnaya Armiya | 1998 | 2009 | Rebranded as Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsiya | ||||
| Aviaprima | J5 | PRL | 1993 | 1999 | Merged with Aerolat and Chernomor-Union to form Chernomor-Avia | ||
| Adygea Airlines | MKP | 1997 | 2005 | ||||
| Aero Rent | PC | NRO | AEROMASTER | 1995 | 2011 | ||
| Aeroflot-Cargo | SU | RCF | AEROFLOT CARGO | 2005 | 2009 | Rolled back into Aeroflot | |
| Aeroflot-Don | D9 | DNV | 2000 | 2009 | Reverted to Donavia | ||
| Aeroflot-Nord | 5N | AVL | DVINA | 2004 | 2009 | Rebranded as Nordavia | |
| Aeroflot-Plus | P3 | PLS | AEROPLUS | 1992 | 2010 | Rebranded as Jetalliance East | |
| Aerofreight Airlines | RS | FRT | 1997 | 2003 | |||
| Aerokuzbass | NKZ | 1999 | 2006 | Shut down after management was caught smuggling goods to Iran[2] | |||
| Aerotex Airlines | 1999 | 2013 | Rebranded as RusLine | ||||
| AeroVolga | VOG | 1993 | 1999 | Merged into Samara Airlines | |||
| Air Bashkortostan | ZU | BBT | AGYDAL | 2006 | 2013 | ||
| Air Samara | 2010 | 2014 | |||||
| AiRUnion | 2005 | 2008 | |||||
| Air Volga | G6 | WLG | GOUMRAK | 2008 | 2010 | Acquired by RusLine, name used for RusLine's regional flights | |
| Airlines 400 | VAZ | 1999 | 2007 | Rebranded as Red Wings Airlines | |||
| Airstars | PL | ASE | MOROZOV | 1997 | 2011 | ||
| Ak Bars Aero | 2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines | |||||||
| AIS Airlines | AIS | 1992 | 1999 | ||||
| AJT Air International | E9 | TRJ | 1992 | 2003 | |||
| Ak Bars Aero | 2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| ALAK | 1991 | 1999 | |||||
| Alania Airlines | 2D | OST | ALANIA | 1996 | 2009 | Acquired by VIM Airlines | |
| Airlines of Kuban | GW | KIL | 2004 | 2010 | Rebranded as Kuban Airlines | ||
| Alliance Avia | NZP | 2000 | 2006 | ||||
| Alpha Airlines | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
| Alrosa-Avia | LRO | ALROSA | 1993 | 2008 | |||
| Amur Airlines | 2007 | 2010 | |||||
| Arkhangelsk Airlines | 1991 | 2004 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Nord | ||||
| Astair | ZA | SUW | 1998 | 2005 | Rebranded as Interavia Airlines | ||
| Astrakhan Airlines | OB | ASZ | Air Astrakhan | 1994 | 2005 | ||
| Atlant-Soyuz Airlines | 7B | AYZ | ATLANT-SOYUZ | 1993 | 2010 | Rebranded as Moscow Airlines | |
| Atruvera Aviation | AUV | Atruvera | 1992 | 2006 | |||
| Aviaarktika | 1930 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
| Aviaenergo | 7U | ERG | AVIAENERGO | 1993 | 2011 | ||
| Aviaexpresscruise | E6 | BKS | 1993 | 2004 | |||
| Aviakultura | 1922 | 1922 | |||||
| Avial NV | NVI | NEW AVIAL | 1991 | 2011 | |||
| Avianova | AO | NET | NOVA | 2009 | 2011 | ||
| Aviapanh | 1991 | 2011 | |||||
| Aviaprad | WR | VID | AVIAPRAD | 1996 | 2008 | ||
| Aviast Air | 1992 | 2009 | |||||
| Avis Amur | 2004 | 2011 | Operations suspended following crash | ||||
| Baikal Airlines | X3 | BKL | 1992 | 2002 | Absorbed into Siberia Airlines | ||
| BAL Bashkirian Airlines | V9 | BTC | BASHKIRIAN | 1991 | 2007 | ||
| Belgorod Air Enterprise | BED | BELGORYE | 1995 | 2005 | |||
| Bugulma Air Enterprise | BGM | 1995 | 2010 | Rebranded as Ak Bars Aero | |||
| Bural | BU | BUN | BURAL | 1993 | 2017 | Shut down due to aircraft maintenance law violations | |
| Bylina | BYL | BYLINA | 1992 | 2014 | |||
| Bryansk Air Enterprise | BRK | Bravia | |||||
| Center-South | DF | CTS | CENTER-SOUTH | 1993 | 2015 | Shut down following failed inspection | |
| Centre-Avia | J7 | CVC | AVIACENTRE | 1991 | 2010 | ||
| Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise | H6 | CHB | 1992 | 2004 | Absorbed into S7 Airlines | ||
| Cheremshanka Airlines (Cherline) | 1996 | ||||||
| Chernomor-Avia | CMK | Cheravia | 1994 | 2005 | |||
| Chitaavia | X7 | CHF | Chita | 1991 | 2006 | Acquired by VIM Airlines | |
| Chuvashia Airlines | CBK | 1993 | 2005 | ||||
| Citrus | XT | CTU | CITY WINGS | 2021 | 2022 | Plans for the new airline suspended due to sanctions against Russia. | |
| Continental Airways | PC | PVV | CONTAIR | 1995 | 2011 | ||
| Continent | LK | CNE | CONTINENT | 2009 | 2011 | ||
| Dagestan Airlines | N2 | DAG | DAGAL | 1994 | 2009 | Rebranded as South East Airlines | |
| Dalavia | H8 | KHB | DALAVIA | 1998 | 2008 | ||
| Dalstroy Aviation | 1946 | 1957 | Ceased operations in 1957 with the disbandment of Dalstroy[3] | ||||
| Dauria | 1998 | 2011 | |||||
| Deruluft | 1922 | 1937 | German-Soviet joint airline | ||||
| Dobrolet Airlines | G2 | DOB | DOBROLET | 1992 | 2007 | ||
| Dobrolet | QD | DOB | DOBROLET | 2013 | 2014 | Shut down due to European Union sanctions in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | |
| Dobrolyot | 1923 | 1930 | |||||
| Domodedovo Airlines | E3 | DMO | DOMODEDOVO | 1992 | 2008 | ||
| Donavia | D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 1993 | 2000 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Don | |
| Donavia | D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 2000 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya | |
| East Line Airlines | 1996 | 2004 | Rebranded as Russian Sky Airlines | ||||
| Elbrus-Avia | NLK | 1998 | 2009 | ||||
| Enkor | H6 | ENK | Enkor | 1997 | 2005 | Merged into Siberia Airlines | |
| Eurasia Air | UH | EUS | 1997 | 2003 | |||
| Far East Avia | H8 | 1953 | 2008 | Rebranded as Dalavia | |||
| Far Eastern Airline | 2013 | 2013 | Rebranded as Taiga Airline | ||||
| Far Eastern Cargo Airlines | FEW | 1993 | 2000 | ||||
| Flight | 2003 | ||||||
| Globus Airlines | GH | GLP | GLOBUS | 2007 | 2019 | Merged into S7 Airlines | |
| Grizodubova Airline | |||||||
| Gromov Air | GAI | 1995 | 2006 | Rebranded as Moskovia Airlines | |||
| Hamiata | Sino-Russian joint airline | ||||||
| Ilavia | ILV | Ilavia | 1994 | 2006 | |||
| Ilin Air Company | 2011 | ||||||
| Interavia Airlines | ZA | SUW | INTERAVIA | 2005 | 2008 | ||
| Irkutskavia | 2003 | 2011 | Merged into Angara Airlines | ||||
| Iron Dragonfly | F7 | IDF | 1993 | 2003 | |||
| IRS Aero | 5R | LDF | 1994 | 2003 | Shut down following crash | ||
| Jet Air Group | JSI | 2006 | 2009 | Rebranded as PremierAvia | |||
| Junkers Luftverkehr Russia | 1923 | 1924 | |||||
| Kaliningradavia | KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 1976 | 2005 | Rebranded as KD Avia | |
| KAPO Avia | G7 | KAO | KAZAVIA | 2001 | 2015 | ||
| Karat | V2 | AKT | Aviakarat | 1993 | 2007 | ||
| Katekavia | ZF | KTK | Katekavia | 1995 | 2015 | Rebranded as Azur Air | |
| Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) | KV | MVD | AIR MINVODY | 1995 | 2011 | ||
| KD Avia | KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 2005 | 2009 | ||
| Khantyavia | |||||||
| Khakasia Airlines | BKN | 1993 | 2003 | Merged into Vladivostok Air | |||
| Kirov Air Enterprise | KTA | 1992 | 2012 | ||||
| KNG Transavia | CGT | 1994 | 2009 | ||||
| Kolavia | 1993 | 2012 | Rebranded as Metrojet | ||||
| Komiavia | 1991 | 1997 | |||||
| Komiinteravia | 8J | KMV | KOMIINTER | 1996 | 2006 | Rebranded as UTair Express | |
| Korsar | 1991 | 1999 | |||||
| Koryak Air Enterprise | 1956 | 2010 | Merged into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise | ||||
| KrasAir | 7B | KJC | KRASNOYARSK AIR | 1993 | 2008 | ||
| Krylo Airlines | K9 | KRI | KRYLO | 1991 | 2003 | ||
| Kuban Airlines | GW | KIL | AIR KUBAN | 2010 | 2012 | Went bankrupt | |
| Magas | KCM | 2007 | 2009 | ||||
| MAVIAL Magadan Airlines | H5 | MVL | MAVIAL | 1992 | 2006 | ||
| Metrojet | 7K | KGL | KOGALYM | 2012 | 2015 | Went bankrupt following the destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268 | |
| Mordovia Airlines | 1992 | 2013 | Shut down due to safety violations | ||||
| Moscow Airlines | 7B | MOA | MOSCOW AIRLINES | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Moscow Airways | M8 | MSC | AIR MOSCOW | 1991 | 1996 | Ceased operations following crash | |
| Moskovia Airlines | 3R | GAI | GROMOV AIRLINE | 2006 | 2014 | ||
| Murmansk Air Company | 2009 | ||||||
| Murmansk Airlines | MNK | 1993 | 2001 | ||||
| Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportati | NFT | 1975 | 2013 | Rebranded as UTair Helicopter Services | |||
| Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise | 1992 | ||||||
| Northwest Air Base | 1974 | 2014 | |||||
| Novgorodavia | 1994 | 2006 | |||||
| Novosibirsk Air Enterprise | NBE | NAKAIR | 1995 | 2011 | |||
| Omskavia | N3 | OMS | OMSK | 1994 | 2008 | ||
| Orel Avia | R6 | UVL | 1991 | 1997 | Merged into Vnukovo Airlines | ||
| Orenair | R2 | ORB | ORENBURG | 2006 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines | |
| Orenburg Airlines | R2 | ORB | 1993 | 2006 | Rebranded as Orenair | ||
| Orient Avia | V6 | ORT | 1994 | 1997 | |||
| PANH | PA | PAN | PANH | 2013 | 2016 | Fall in demand | |
| Perm Airlines | P9 | PGP | PERM AIR | 1995 | 2008 | ||
| Polet Flight | YQ | POT | POLET | 1989 | 2014 | ||
| Polyarnya Aviatsiya | 1932 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
| Primair | PMM | 1998 | 2005 | ||||
| Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise | FV | PLK | Pulkovo | 1995 | 2006 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines | |
| RDS Avia | 1993 | 1994 | |||||
| Region Avia | L3 | 2005 | 2011 | ||||
| Remex | 1997 | 2001 | |||||
| Rosneft-Baltika | 1997 | 2007 | |||||
| Russ Air Transport Company | 1999 | 2001 | |||||
| Russian Post Airlines | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
| Russian Sky Airlines | P7 | ESL | RADUGA | 2004 | 2014 | Went bankrupt | |
| Ryazanaviatrans | RYZ | RYAZAN | 1995 | 2011 | |||
| S-Air | RLS | 1998 | 2009[4] | AOC Revoked Following Crash | |||
| Sakha Avia | K7 | IKT | SAKHAAVIA | 1993 | 2003 | Rebranded as Yakutia Airlines | |
| Samara Airlines | E5 | BRZ | BERYOZA | 1993 | 2008 | ||
| Saravia | 6W | SOV | 1995 | 2013 | Rebranded as Saratov Airlines | ||
| Saratov Airlines | 6W | SOV | SARATOV AIR | 2013 | 2018 | AOC revoked following crash | |
| SAT Airlines | HZ | SHU | SATAIR | 1992 | 2013 | Merged with Vladivostok Air to form Aurora | |
| Saturn Aviakompania | RMO | 2001 | 2009 | ||||
| Sayany Airlines | NVI | UIIISYL | 1998 | 2002 | The airline was based in Irkutsk and Chita. | ||
| ShaNS Air | SNF | 1993 | 2007[5] | ||||
| Sibaviatrans | 5M | SIB | Sibavia | 1995 | 2008 | ||
| Siberian Airlines | S7 | SBI | 1992 | 1996 | Rebranded as S7 Airlines | ||
| Siblyot | |||||||
| Sirair | |||||||
| Sir Aero | SRN | 1995 | 2007 | ||||
| Skol Airlines | CDV | SKOL | 2000 | 2022 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Sky Express | XW | SXR | SKYSTORM | 2006 | 2011 | Acquired by Kuban Airlines | |
| Skynet | 2010 | 2013 | |||||
| South East Airlines | N2 | DAG | 2009 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | ||
| Spark+ | 1998 | 2006 | |||||
| Specavia Air Company | 1997 | 2006 | |||||
| Surgut Avia | 1993 | 1994 | Merged into Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | ||||
| Stigl | STIGL | 1992 | 1996 | Flag carrier of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |||
| Tambov-Avia | 1993 | 2009 | |||||
| Tatarstan Airlines | U9 | TAK | TATARSTAN | 2000 | 2013 | AOC revoked following crash | |
| Tatneftaero | 1997 | 2010 | |||||
| TESIS Aviation Enterprise | UZ | TIS | TESIS | 1992 | 2008 | ||
| Titan Cargo | TIT | 1995 | 2000 | ||||
| Tomsk Avia | TSK | TOMSK-AVIA | 1992 | 2015 | |||
| Touch and Go Airlines | EC | TUG | 1993 | 1995 | |||
| Trans-Charter Airlines | FZ | TCH | 1994 | 1999 | |||
| Transaero | UN | TSO | TRANSOVIET | 1991 | 2015 | Went bankrupt | |
| Transair-Gyraintiee | KTS | KOTAIR | 1996 | 2010 | |||
| Transaviatsiya | 1930 | 1932 | |||||
| Transeuropean Airlines | UE | TEP | TRANSEURLINE | 1996 | 2001 | ||
| Tretyakovo Air Transport | TKO | 1997 | 2002 | ||||
| Tulpar Air | TUL | 1991 | 2014 | Grounded following failed inspection | |||
| Tuva Airlines | AIR TYVA | 1992 | 2016 | Went bankrupt | |||
| Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | 7M | TYM | 1992 | 2003 | Rebranded as UTair Aviation | ||
| Uraiavia | URV | URAI | 1993 | 2011 | |||
| Uralinteravia | U3 | URA | 1992 | 1996 | |||
| UTair Aviation | UT | UTA | UTAIR | 1991 | 2017 | Rebranded as Utair | |
| UTair Express | UR | UTX | 2006 | 2015 | |||
| VASO Airlines | 2Z | VSO | 1993 | 2007 | |||
| VIM Airlines | NN | MOV | MOV AIR | 2000 | 2017 | ||
| VIM-Aviaservice | 2004 | 2008 | |||||
| Vladikavkaz Air Enterprise | OSV | 1995 | 1999 | ||||
| Vladivostok Air | XF | VLK | VLADAIR | 1994 | 2014 | Merged with SAT Airlines to form Aurora | |
| Vnukovo Airlines | V5 | VKO | VNUKOVO | 1994 | 2001 | Merged into Siberian Airlines | |
| Volga-Aviaexpress | G6 | WLG | 1992 | 2008 | Rebranded as Air Volga | ||
| Voronezhavia | ZT | VRN | VORONEZHAVIA | 1994 | 2009 | Taken over by Polet Flight | |
| Vyborg | VBG | 2002 | 2010 | Rebranded as Solaris Airlines | |||
| Yak-Service | AKY | YAK-SERVICE | 1993 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | ||
| Yakutsk Airlines | KUT | 1999 | 2003 | Merged into Yakutia Airlines | |||
| Zapolyariye Airlines | PZY | ZAPOLOYAR | 2007 | 2010 | |||
| Zonalnoye Air Enterprise | DF | 1992 | 2017 |
See also
References
- ^ [1] ch-aviation.ch
- ^ ""АэроКузбасс" попался на контрабанде. В крупном размере". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ М. V. Tretyakov. The Development of Air Transport in Dalstroy in 1932–1957, in Вестник Университета Дмитрия Пожарского. 2016, No1(3). p. 192-209(in Russian)
- ^ "Росавиация аннулировала сертификат эксплуатанта ЗАО "Авиакомпания "С-Эйр"". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "ShaNS Air - ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation. Retrieved 24 April 2015.