Sky Express
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This article is about the Russian low-cost carrier. For the regional airline in Greece, see Sky Express (Greece).
| Sky Express Скай Экспресс |
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| IATA XW[1] |
ICAO SXR[1] |
Callsign SKYSTORM[1] |
| Founded | 2006 | |
| Commenced operations | 29 January 2007 | |
| Hubs | Vnukovo International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 13 | |
| Destinations | 9 | |
| Headquarters |  Moscow, Russia |
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| Key people | Marina Vladimirovna Bukalova (General Director)[1] | |
| Website: http://www.skyexpress.ru/ | ||
CJSC Sky Express (Russian: ЗАО «Небесный Экспресс»), also known in Russian as Скай Экспресс, is the first Russian low-cost airline focusing on internal flights. Its main base is Vnukovo International Airport.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in March 2006 by a consortium of investors which included KrasAir CEO Boris Abrmovich, EBRD, Altima Partners and others, becoming the Russia's first low-cost airline. The first flight took off on 29 January 2007 from Moscow to Sochi.
[edit] Destinations
As of June 2008, the Sky Express destinations are[2]:
- Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo Airport)
- Kazan (Kazan International Airport)
- Moscow (Vnukovo Airport) hub
- Murmansk (Murmansk Airport)
- Perm (Bolshoye Savino Airport)
- Rostov on Don (Rostov-on-Don Airport)
- Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
- Sochi (Adler-Sochi International Airport)
- Tyumen (Roschino Airport)
- Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo Airport)
- Chelyabinsk (Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport)
- Samara (Kurumoch Airport)
[edit] Fleet
The Sky Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2008):
As of March 2008, the average age of the Sky Express fleet is 17.5 years ([1]).
[edit] External links
- (English) (Russian) Sky Express
- Sky Express Fleet
