Samara Airlines

Samara Airlines
IATA code :	E5
ICAO code :	GT
Call sign :	BERYOZA
Founding:	1996
Operation stopped:	2008
Seat:	Samara , Russia
Turnstile :	Samara , Moscow
Home airport :	Samara
Alliance :	AiRUnion
Fleet size:	24
Aims:	25th
	Samara Airlines ceased operations in 2008. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Samara Airlines was a Russian airline based in the Volga metropolis of Samara . The company had a branch in Moscow .

history

Samara Airlines was founded in 1996 and began flight operations with aircraft from Aeroflot's inventory . In 1998–2000 the company won an award for the best Russian airline three times in a row. In 2005 the company had over 1500 employees. The company is under the influence of the Russian airline managers and twin brothers Boris and Alexander Michailowitsch Abramowitsch, who hold a 40% stake in the airline. It is headed by General Director Sergei Mordwinzew.

In 2004 the company merged with four other Russian airlines owned by the Abramowitsch brothers to form the alliance AiRUnion . At the end of 2007 it was planned that the five companies would then merge under the name AirUnion to form a large airline - but this never happened, as AirUnion ceased operations in September 2008 due to financial problems and thus sealed the end of Samara Airlines was.

aims

The company operated numerous scheduled flights in major cities in Russia and other CIS countries as well as five airlines outside of Eastern Europe (Vienna, Prague, Beijing, Tel-Aviv and Cyprus as well as Egypt).