Moskovia Airlines
| Moskovia Airlines Авиакомпания МОСКОВИЯ |
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| IATA code : | 3R |
| ICAO code : | GAI |
| Call sign : | GROMOV AIRLINE |
| Founding: | 1995 |
| Operation stopped: | 2014 |
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Zhukovsky , Russia
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| Home airport : | Moscow Domodedovo |
| Management: | Mikhail Alekseev ( CEO ) |
| Fleet size: | 9 (+ 7 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Moskovia Airlines Авиакомпания МОСКОВИЯ ceased operations in 2014. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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Moskovia Airlines ( Russian Авиакомпания МОСКОВИЯ ) was a Russian airline based in Zhukovsky and based at Moscow Domodedovo Airport .
history
The company was founded in 1995 under the name Gromov Air . In 2006 it received its current name.
From November 2009, Moskovia Airlines temporarily leased two Boeing 737-800s from SAS Scandinavian Airlines .
In February 2014, Moskovia Airlines filed for bankruptcy after an external application was rejected in 2013. However, flight operations continued for a few months. On August 29, 2014, the Russian supervisory authorities finally revoked the company's operating license.
fleet
As of September 2013, the Moskovia Airlines fleet consisted of nine aircraft:
- 4 Antonov An-12 BK (cargo aircraft)
- 1 Boeing 737-400
- 2 Boeing 737-700 (equipped with winglets )
- 2 Sukhoi Superjet 100
- Orders
Incidents
- On May 26, 2008, an Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashed near Chelyabinsk , killing all nine crew members. The cause of the accident was found to be the breakage of a mechanical shaft due to the effects of extreme heat after a fire had broken out in the cargo hold and the pilots tried to return to the airport (see also Moskovia Airlines flight 9675 )
See also
Web links
- Moskovia Airlines website (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moskovia Airlines adds new 737-800 to fleet
- ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/25612-russias-moskovia-airlines-files-for-bankruptcy
- ↑ ch-aviation.com - Russian regulator to suspend Moskovia's AOC from August 29 (English) August 27, 2014
- ↑ http://russianplanes.net/ - Moskovia Airlines (Russian) accessed on July 24, 2013
- ↑ Highbeam Business: Moskovia Airlines looks to buy 3 Sukhoi Superjet-100s. ( Memento from July 2, 2013 in the archive.today web archive ), August 19, 2011
- ↑ atdb.aero - Moskovia Airlines (English) accessed on July 24, 2013