Belavia Belarusian Airlines
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| IATA code : | B2 |
| ICAO code : | BRU |
| Call sign : | BELARUS AVIA |
| Founding: | 1996 |
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Minsk , Belarus
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| Home airport : | Minsk |
| Company form: | State company |
| IATA prefix code : | 628 |
| Management: | Anatoliy Nikolaevich Gusarov |
| Passenger volume: | 3,000,000 (2017) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Belavia Leader |
| Fleet size: | 31 (+ 7 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | belavia.by |
Belavia Belarusian Airlines is the national Belarusian airline based in Minsk and based at the Minsk National Airport .
history
On November 7, 1933, Belarus' first airport terminal was opened in Minsk. The following spring three Po-2s were transferred to Minsk. As a subdivision of Aeroflot, these formed the first Belarusian aircraft fleet. In 1936 the first line connection between Minsk and Moscow was established. In 1973 Tupolev Tu-134A began flying in Belarus. In 1983 the Tupolev Tu-154 was integrated into Belarusian flight operations.
Belavia was officially established on March 5, 1996 when the resident division of Aeroflot was nationalized and renamed. Line connections to Beijing , Istanbul , Larnaka , London , Prague and Rome were established by 1998 . In 1998 Belavia merged with Minskavia, which led to the expansion of the fleet by some Antonow An-24 , Antonow An-26 and Jakowlew Jak-40 .
Belavia has been operating a direct connection between Minsk and Paris since May 18, 2001 . Belavia has been publishing an on-board magazine in English, Russian and Belarusian since 2003. On October 16, 2003, Belavia signed a lease for its first Boeing 737-500 . In 2004 the route network was expanded and another Boeing 737 was added to the fleet. On June 26, 2004 a connection to Hanover was also established.
In autumn 2012, Belavia took over two Embraer 175s on lease . In January 2015, Belavia took over a used Boeing 737-800, also on a leasing basis.
Destinations
Belavia operates a steadily growing route network between Belarus and Europe, the CIS countries and the Middle East. There are flights to Geneva , Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana) , Kiev , Tel Aviv , Amsterdam and London , for example . In German-speaking countries, the company serves Berlin , Frankfurt am Main , Hanover , Vienna and Munich .
Belavia also has codeshare agreements with airBaltic , Austrian Airlines , Czech Airlines , Finnair , KLM , LOT , Azerbaijan Airlines , Aeroflot , Rossija and S7 Airlines .
fleet
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As of July 2020, the Belavia Belarusian Airlines fleet consists of 31 aircraft with an average age of 12.7 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats | Average age
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| Boeing 737-300 | 4th | 148 | 24.5 years | ||
| Boeing 737-500 | 5 | 120
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23.8 years | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 9 | with winglets fitted | 189 | 10.6 years | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 4th | - open - | |||
| Bombardier CRJ-200 | 2 | 50 | 16.8 years | ||
| Embraer 175 | 4th | 76 | 4.6 years | ||
| Embraer 195 | 7th | 107 | 2.6 years | ||
| Embraer 195-E2 | 3 | ||||
| total | 31 | 7th | 13.1 years |
Incidents
- On February 14, 2008, a Belavia Bombardier CRJ100 ( aircraft registration EW-101PJ ) overturned while taking off from Yerevan Airport in the Armenian capital. All 18 passengers and 3 crew members on board survived, but some were seriously injured. The reason was that the pilots did not switch on the de-icing system for the wings .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ airliners.de - Azul orders another Embraer 195 February 15, 2012
- ↑ de.belavia.by - News from Belavia ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 23rd January 2015
- ↑ en.belavia.by - Partner Airlines (English) accessed on November 5, 2011
- ↑ a b Belavia Fleet Details and History. Retrieved August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Belavia wants to add four new Boeing 737 max 8 - BELAVIA - Belarusian Airlines. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Belavia is planning expansion - including low-cost flights. In: aerotelegraph.com. March 20, 2020, accessed March 30, 2020 .
- ↑ accident report CRJ100 EW-101PJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 9 2020th
- ↑ All 21 passengers survive plane crash in Armenia. NZZ , February 14, 2008.
