ATRAN Cargo Airlines

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ATAN Cargo Airlines
IATA V8	ICAO VAS	Callsign Atran
Founded		1942
Hubs		Domodedovo International Airport
Fleet size		15
Destinations
Headquarters		Moscow, Russia
Key people		Roman Kristal (CEO)
Website: http://www.atran.ru

ATRAN - Aviatrans Cargo Airlines (Russian: Атран) (IATA: V8, ICAO: VAS, and Callsign: Atran) is a cargo airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates cargo charters in Europe, Russia and the CIS. Its main base is Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 2.1 Previously operated 3 External links 4 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations in 1942 as an Aeroflot agency, with the name Moscow Aviation Enterprise. The original function of the airline was to deliver spare parts for aircraft. In 1962 the airline had started operations of heavy freigters, and by the 1980 had a fleet of 29 covering the entire Soviet Union and chaning its name to Transport Aviation.

In 1990 the company was created as the first independent airline in the Soviet Union and at the same time changing its name to Aviatrans. It became a private public limited liability company in 1993. The present name has been in use since January 1997. It is owned by its employees (73%), the state of Russia (25%) and public holdings (2%).^[1]

[edit] Fleet

The ATRA Cargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[1]

• 5 Antonov An-12
• 2 Antonov An-26

[edit] Previously operated

As of November 2006 the airline operated:^{[citation needed]}

• 3 Antonov An-26
• 3 Ilyushin Il-76T
• 2 Ilyushin Il-76TD

[edit] External links

• ATRAN Cargo Airlines

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 27 March 2007