RusLine

RusLine ; РусЛайн
IATA code :	RG
ICAO code :	RLU
Call sign :	RUSLINE AIR
Founding:	1999
Seat:	Moscow , Russia;
Turnstile :	Moscow Domodedovo; Saint Petersburg Pulkovo; Voronezh; Volgograd; Ekaterinburg-Kolcovo;
Home airport :	Moscow Domodedovo
Passenger volume:	640,575 (2017)
Fleet size:	18th
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.rusline.aero

Former logo until the takeover of Air Volga

RusLine ( Russian Авиакомпания РусЛайн / Transkription Awiakompanija RusLajn ) is a Russian regional airline based in Moscow and based at Moscow Domodedovo Airport . As a result of the takeover, it is also the successor to Air Volga .

history

The airline was founded in 1999 as Aerotex Airlines, based at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport . The current name RusLine has been used since March 2013 . The base was also moved to Moscow Vnukovo Airport .

On April 1, 2010, the airline acquired the bankrupt airline Air Volga . This also took over the design of this airline. The old logo was thus renewed. The takeover also added six Bombardier CRJ200s to the fleet. Some new routes and the new base at Volgograd Airport have also been put into operation. Domodedovo Airport also became a new base - further bases at Saint Petersburg Airport and Yekaterinburg Airport were added.

At the beginning of 2017, the airline announced that it would expand its route network and has been flying to Halle / Leipzig Airport three times a week since April 19 . The connection was discontinued at the end of March 2018.

subsidiary company

The subsidiary RusLine Technics is active in the area of aircraft maintenance at several locations. FastAir International offers spare parts in civil and commercial aviation .

fleet

Tupolev Tu-134 in the old paint scheme

Airbus A319

Bombardier CRJ200 in older colors

As of March 2020, the RusLine fleet consists of 18 aircraft with an average age of 19.9 years:

Aircraft type	number	Orders	Remarks	Seats
Bombardier CRJ100ER	12		4 inactive; VP-BVK in Hotels.com special livery	50
Bombardier CRJ200ER	6th			50
total	18th	-

Previously, the airline had Soviet aircraft of type Tu-134 and Yak-40 . Since February 2008 she has mainly used Bombardier aircraft . From 2012 to 2013, Airbus A319s , which formerly belonged to easyJet , also flew as charter aircraft for RusLine. Embraer EMB 120s have also been used since 2011 .

Destinations

RusLine serves regional destinations in Russia and other countries. Sometimes the goals are not served permanently.

Incidents

The crashed plane

20 June 2011 47 people died in the crash of RusLine Flight 243 on approach to the RUSAIR belonging Tu-134 to the airport Petrozavodsk . The aircraft had previously taken off from Moscow-Domodedovo , touched trees on the approach and then came to rest on the ground on an expressway because visibility was poor and the loss of altitude under the glide path had not been corrected. 5 people survived the crash of the plane, which was not on the runway axis anyway due to incorrect and unauthorized position information from the navigator.

Individual evidence

↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF, 236 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2018 (Russian).
↑ Контакты. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2010 ; Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
↑ Из кировского аэропорта Победилово вылетел первый рейс в Петербург . In: ТАСС . ( itar-tass.com [accessed March 11, 2017]).
↑ Leipzig / Halle Airport | Company> Newsroom> Press releases> RusLine starts scheduled flight connection from Leipzig / Halle to Moscow> RusLine starts scheduled flight connection from Leipzig / Halle to Moscow. Retrieved June 30, 2017 .
↑ New airline flies from Leipzig to Moscow. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
↑ RusLine Technic. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
↑ FAST air. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
↑ RusLine Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
↑ Правительство Пензенской области. Авиарейсы из Пензы в Москву будет выполнять компания «РусЛайн». Retrieved March 11, 2017 .
↑ Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[1] Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF, 236 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2018 (Russian).

[2] Контакты. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2010 ; Retrieved March 11, 2017 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[3] ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[4] Из кировского аэропорта Победилово вылетел первый рейс в Петербург . In: ТАСС . ( itar-tass.com [accessed March 11, 2017]).

[5] Leipzig / Halle Airport | Company> Newsroom> Press releases> RusLine starts scheduled flight connection from Leipzig / Halle to Moscow> RusLine starts scheduled flight connection from Leipzig / Halle to Moscow. Retrieved June 30, 2017 .

[6] New airline flies from Leipzig to Moscow. Accessed January 30, 2019 .

[7] RusLine Technic. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[8] FAST air. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[9] RusLine Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .

[10] Правительство Пензенской области. Авиарейсы из Пензы в Москву будет выполнять компания «РусЛайн». Retrieved March 11, 2017 .

[11] Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway. Retrieved March 11, 2017 .