Transaero

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Transaero/Трансаэро

IATA UN	ICAO TSO	Callsign Trans Soviet
Founded		1990
Hubs		Domodedovo International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Transaero Privilege Program
Fleet size		20
Destinations		29
Headquarters		Moscow, Russia
Key people		Olga Pleshakova (MD)
Website: http://www.transaero.ru

Transaero Airlines ("Авиакомпания Трансаэро") is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled flights to more than 20 domestic and international destinations. Its main base is Domodedovo International Airport (DME), Moscow.

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
- 3.1 Aircraft orders
- 3.2 Previously operated
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Transaero was firstly a charter airline with aircraft leased from Aeroflot. It was incorporated as a joint stock company on 28 December 1990 and was the first non-Aeroflot company approved for scheduled passenger services in Russia. Its first charter service was Moscow to Tel Aviv on November 5, 1991. In July 1992, Transaero received its own Ilyushin Il-86. Becoming the first non-Aeroflot airline to operate scheduled flight in Russia, Transaero launched its Moscow - Norilsk flight in January 1993 followed by Kiev, Sochi and Almaty later the same year. Its first international scheduled route from Moscow to Tel Aviv was inaugurated in November 1993.

In April 1993, Transaero became the first Russian airline to operate western aircraft when it received its first Boeing 737-200, followed by its first Boeing 757-200 in April 1994.

Transaero was also the first Russian airline with a frequent flyer program, which established in 1995. It was also the first Russian airline with FAA aircraft maintenance certificate, which obtained in 1997.

Transaero Boeing 737-400 taking off

In December 1998 a weekly non-stop service between Moscow and London Gatwick was started. Transaero operated its first Boeing 737-700 in 1998, followed by Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 737-300 in 2002 and Boeing 767-300 and Boeing 737-400 in 2003. An agreement was signed to purchase 10 Tupolev Tu-214-300 in the same year^[1]. In 2005. Transaero became the first Russian passenger airline to operate the Boeing 747 when it started revenue services on 11 July 2005 with a leased, ex-Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-200 on scheduled services from Moscow to Tel Aviv. The aircraft will also operate summer charter flights to holiday resorts.

In May 2005, Transaero added a flight between Moscow and Montreal, marking the first time the airline flew to Canada. On June 21, 2006, Transaero also began operating nonstop flights between Moscow and Toronto.^[2] It has announced plans to go public later in 2006 to raise additional capital for its expansion plans.

The daily London-Moscow bmi service is operated under a codeshare partnership with Transaero ^[3].

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Transaero destinations

[edit] Fleet

Transaero Boeing 767

The Transaero fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2006):

Aircraft	#	Seats	Notes
Airbus A330-200	8		On order
Boeing 737-300	2	118 (16/102)
Boeing 737-400	5	136 (16/120)
Boeing 737-500	4	105 (12/93)
Boeing 737-800	1		On Order
Boeing 767-200ER	3	217 (22/195)
Boeing 767-300ER	4	230 (26/204)
Boeing 747-200	6	448 (28/440)
Tupolev Tu-214	10		On order ^[4]

[edit] Aircraft orders

It is planning to add two additional Boeing 737-400 and two B747-400 later 2006.^{[citation needed]}
Transaero has ordered eight A330-200 aircraft and is negotiating an order for 10 Airbus A320 aircraft. Deliveries to start in 2009. ^[5]