Orenburg Airlines
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| Orenair (Orenburg Airlines) ORENAIR - Оренбургские авиалинии |
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| IATA R2 [1] |
ICAO ORB [1] |
Callsign ORENBURG [1] |
| Founded | August 28, 1932 | |
| Hubs | Domodedovo International Airport, Orsk Airport | |
| Fleet size | 34+ | |
| Destinations | 12 | |
| Headquarters | Orenburg, Russia | |
| Key people | Boris Alexandrovich Portnikov (General Director) | |
| Website: http://www.orenair.ru/ | ||
Orenburg Airlines (Russian: Оренбургские авиалинии [2] [3]) is an airline based in Orenburg, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters, as well as aerial work and special flights. Its main base is Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, with hubs at Domodedovo and Orsk [4].
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[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 [4].
[edit] Destinations
Orenburg Airlines operates the following scheduled services (at January 2008) [5] [6]:
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Cheboksary, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Vnukovo, Orenburg, Orsk, Perm, Saint Petersburg.
- International scheduled destinations: Dushanbe, Khujand, Kulob, Oslo, Yerevan.
The airline operates charter flights from and to Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, Sharm el-Sheikh, Ufa, Volgograd and other destinations.
[edit] Fleet
The Orenburg Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2008) [7]:
- Mil Mi-2 (unknown number in fleet)
- Mil Mi-8T (unknown number in fleet)
- Mi-8MTV (unknown number in fleet)
- 19 Antonov An-2
- 3 Antonov An-24
- 2 Boeing 737-400
- 3 Boeing 737-500
- 4 Tupolev Tu-134A
- 2 Tupolev Tu-154B-2
- 1 Tupolev Tu-154M
Furthermore, the airline announced its intentions to lease two B.737-800s [8].
[edit] Previously operated
At August 2006 the airline also operated [9]:
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Airlinecodes
- ^ With the official name of Federal State Unitary Enterprise – Russian: Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие „Оренбургские авиалинии”.
- ^ The B.737s bear the title “Orenair”, while the Tu-134s and Tu-154s carry either “Orenburg Airlines” or “Orenair”, as it can be seen in the pictures on Airliners website and other sources.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-10, p. 59.
- ^ Orenair - Расписание регулярных рейсов (Scheduled flights)
- ^ Flightstats
- ^ Orenair - Наш флот (Orenair's fleet)
- ^ CH-Aviation, September 30, 2007.
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006.
