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| Operating bases | Sheremetyevo International Airport Talagi Airport |
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| Fleet size | 23 | |||
| Destinations | 21 | |||
| Parent company | Norilsk Nickel | |||
| Headquarters | Talagi Airport Arkhangelsk, Russia |
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| Key people | Vladimir Antonov (Chairman)[1] | |||
| Website | Nordavia.ru/eng/ | |||
JSC "Nordavia" (Russian: ЗАО «Нордавиа»), formerly known as Aeroflot-Nord (Russian: ЗАО «Аэрофлот-Норд») is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Talagi Airport in Arkhangelsk, Russia.[2] It operates mainly scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Talagi Airport and Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.[3]
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The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian: Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Russian: Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991. In August 2004 Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was re-named Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline.[4] It joined the European Regions Airline Association in December 2006.
As the contract with Aeroflot ceased on 1 December 2009, the airline operates since then independently as Nordavia.[5] Reasons for the retreat of Aeroflot were the bad press the subsidiary received following the Aeroflot Flight 821 disaster, and the decision of Russian aviation officials dating from 15 July 2009, to impose restrictions (including ban on international charter tours) on then Aeroflot-Nord flight operations due to insufficient security and bad finances.[6]
In March 2011, Aeroflot sold the airline to Norilsk Nickel for a reported US$7 million. Kommersant has quoted experts who believe that Norilsk Nickel may merge Nordavia with Taimyr Air Company, which is already owned by the company.[7] On December 1st, 2011 Norilsk Nickel reported that Nordavia is to be merged in Taimyr Air Company[8].
The Nordavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 01, 2011):[9]
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Seating | Notes | ||
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| Antonov An-24 | 4[10] | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | |
| ATR 42 | 0 | 1[12] | 0 | 48 | 48[10] | To be delivered in December 2011[12] |
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 108 | 110[13] | 1 aircraft stored at CHR |
| Boeing 737-500 | 14[14] | 0 | 8 | 102 | 110 | 1 aircraft stored at BUD 1 aircraft stored at BOH 1 aircraft stored at SIP |
| 0 | 133 | 133 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 1 | ||||
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