Orenburg Airlines

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Orenburg Airlines (State Unitary Avia Enterprise) is an airline based in Orenburg in the Orenburgskaya Region, Russia. Its main base is Orenburg Airport (REN), with a hub at Orsk Airport (OSW). It operates domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters including services to Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Genoa via Simferopol.

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Code data

• IATA Code: R2
• ICAO Code: ORB
• Callsign: Orenburg^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was formed from the Aeroflot Orenburg Division, which was established in 1932. It started operations in 1992 under its present name. It was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce the hub system of connecting flights in Orenburg, providing a full service for transfer passengers, and the first Russian domestic airline to introduce through air fares.

[edit] Services

Orenburg Airlines operates the following scheduled services (at January 2005):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Moscow Domodedovo International Airport, Orenburg, Orsk and St Petersburg.

• International scheduled destinations: Baku and Dushanbe.

[edit] Fleet

The Orenburg Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2]:

• 2 Antonov An-24
• 2 Boeing 737-400
• 4 Tupolev Tu-134A
• 2 Tupolev Tu-154B
• 1 Tupolev Tu-154M
• 1 Yakovlev Yak-40

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

• Orenburg Airlines