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| Founded | 1993 as Atlant-Soyuz Airlines 2010 renamed Moscow Airlines |
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | |||
| Hubs | Vnukovo International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 15 (upon closure) | |||
| Destinations | 12 (upon closure) | |||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | |||
| Key people | Valery Evgenevich Menitsky (Chairman of the Board) Vladimir Vasilievich Davidov (General Director) |
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| Website | www.flymoscow.ru defunct | |||
OJSC Moscow Airlines (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания Москва») was an airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating domestic and international passenger flights out of Vnukovo International Airport. It operated from 1993 to 2010.
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The airline was founded as OSJC Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Атлант-Союз») and started operations in June 1993, operating passenger as well as cargo flights using Soviet-build aircraft. The first Boeing airplane was added to the fleet in 2006.[1] In 2007, the company was owned by private investors (75%) and the City of Moscow (25%) and had 726 employees.[2] Initial plans for a joint-venture with US-based cargo airline Evergreen International Airlines where brought forth in 2007, but never materialized.[3]
On 17 September 2010, the airline was rebranded as Moscow Airlines. Following this step, all Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft were removed from the fleet, marking the end of dedicated cargo flights.[4] On 17 January 2011, Moscow Airlines discontinued all flight-activities, and the company went into liquidation.[5]
In November 2010, Moscow Airlines served the following scheduled destinations:[6]
As of November 2010, Moscow Airlines operated a fleet of 8 Boeing 737 aircraft with an average age of 12.8 years for scheduled passenger flights.[7] Additionally, it owned several older Tupolev and Ilyushin aircraft, which mostly served on charter routes.
| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y+ | Y | Total | |||
| Boeing 737-300 | 2[7] | — | 8 | 0 | 120 | 128 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 6[7] | 2 | ? 0 |
0 0 |
? 189 |
162 189 |
| Ilyushin Il-86 | 5[4] | — | 0 | 0 | 350 | 350 |
| Tupolev Tu-154M | 2[4] | — | 8 0 |
0 0 |
150 176 |
158 176 |