Taimyr Air Company

Nordstar Airlines
IATA
Y7
ICAO
TYA
Callsign
TAIMYR[1]
Founded 2009
Hubs Norilsk-Alykel Airport, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport
Secondary hubs Moscow-Domodedovo International Airport
Fleet size 12
Destinations
Parent company Norilsk Nickel
Headquarters Norilsk, Russia
Website www.nordstar.su

OJSC Taimyr Air Company (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Таймыр») is a Russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport.

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History

A NordStar airlines, Came on the place of the biggest airline of Krasnoyarsk kray which now is existed - KrasAir. Airline launched at 17 of December, when first time called taimyr airlines or NordStar.

The first flight of NordStar launched in 17 of June 2009, flight was from Norilsk - Norilsk Airport to Moscow - Domodedovo International Airport, then flight from Norilsk - Norilsk Airport to Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport. Then NordStar started operations from Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport to Moscow - Domodedovo International Airport. Then NordStar started operations from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Norilsk.

After at 2010-2011, NordStar started destinations from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Norilsk to Saint Petersburg- Pulkovo Airport, Sochi- Sochi International Airport, Krasnodar- Krasnodar International Airport, Mineralnye Vody- Mineralnye Vody Airport, Vladivostock- Vladivostok International Airport, Khabarovsk- Khabarovsk Novy Airport, Novosibirsk- Tolmachevo Airport, Ekaterenburg- Koltsovo Airport, Tomsk- Bogashevo Airport, Nizhnevartovsk- Nizhnevartovsk Airport, Surgut- Surgut Airport, Chita- Kadala Airport, Ulan-Ude- Ulan-Ude Airport, Irkutsk- Irkutsk Airport, Baykit- Baykit Airport, Vanavara- Vanavara Airport, Tungunsk, Turukhansk, Severo-Eniseisk, Igarka, Dushanbe- Dushanbe Airport, Tashkent- Tashkent International Airport.

The park of the airline Of nordStar consists of eight air vessels of the model Of Boeing 737-800NG, most contemporary models in the rule V-, for convenience in the selection of passengers equipped with business- and economy-class. In 2011 for the voyages into the cities of Kray, and also into the regions, the park of airline it supplemented by four absolutely aircraft ATR 42-500. In the nearest of the airline Of nordStar, the of the program of loyalty for passengers and the further extension route network.

On December 1, 2011 Norilsk Nickel, Taimyr Airlines's parent company, reported that Nordavia is to be merged in Taimyr Air Company[2]

Destinations

This is a list of cities NordStar flies to as of October 2010.

[Hub] Hub
* Future route
^
Seasonal
[F] Terminated airport
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Ref
Anapa  Russia AAQ URKA Anapa Airport [3]
Baykit  Russia none UNIB Baykit Airport [3]
Beijing  China PEK/BJS ZBAA Beijing Capital International Airport [3]
Chita  Russia HTA UIAA Kadala Airport [3]
Corfu  Greece CFU LCFU Corfu International Airport [3]
Dushanbe  Tajikistan DYU UTDD Dushanbe Airport [3]
Ekaterinburg  Russia SVX USSS Koltsovo Airport [3]
Heraklion  Greece HER LGIR Heraklion International Airport ^
Hurghada  Egypt HRG HEGN Hurghada International Airport ^
Igarka  Russia IAA UOII Igarka Airport [3]
Irkutsk  Russia IKT UIII Irkutsk Airport [3]
Khabarovsk  Russia KHV UHHH Khabarovsk Novy Airport [3]
Krasnodar  Russia KRR URKK Krasnodar International Airport [3]
Krasnoyarsk  Russia KJA UNKL Yemelyanovo Airport [Hub] [3]
Marsa Alam  Egypt RMF HEMA Marsa Alam International Airport ^
Mineralnye Vody  Russia MRV URMM Mineralnye Vody Airport [3]
Moscow  Russia DMD UUDD Domodedovo International Airport [3]
Norilsk  Russia NSK UOOO Alykel Airport [Hub] [3]
Novosibirsk  Russia OVB UNNT Tolmachevo Airport [3]
Nizhnevartovsk
 Russia NJC USNN Nizhnevartovsk Airport [3]
Rostov-on-Don  Russia ROV URRR Rostov-on-Don Airport [3]
Samara  Russia KUF UWWW Kurumoch International Airport [3]
Saint Petersburg  Russia LED ULLI Pulkovo Airport [3]
Sharm el-Sheikh  Egypt SSH HESH Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport ^
Surgut  Russia SGC USRR Surgut Airport [3]
Sochi  Russia AER URSS Sochi International Airport [3]
Tashkent  Uzbekistan TAS UTTT Tashkent International Airport [3]
Tivat  Montenegro TIV LYTV Tivat Airport ^
Tomsk  Russia TOF UNTT Bogashevo Airport [3]
Tura  Russia none UNIT Tura Airport [3]
Turukhansk  Russia none UOTT Turukhansk Airport [3]
Ulan-Ude  Russia UUD UIUU Ulan-Ude Airport [3]
Vladivostok  Russia VVO UHWW Vladivostok International Airport [3]
Vanavara  Russia none UNIW Vanavara Airport [3]

Fleet

The NordStar fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 26 November 2011 (2011 -11-26)):

NordStar Fleet[4]
Aircraft Total Orders/
Options
Passengers Notes
Business Economy Total
ATR 42-500 4 4 0 46 46
ATR 42-600 0 5/2[5] TBD
Boeing 737-800 9[6] 10 162 172 last to enter service Dec. 26, 2001[6]
Total 13 1

Following the merger of Nordavia,[2] Taimyr Air Company will acquire following aircraft:

Aircraft acquired from Nordavia[7][8]
Aircraft Total Orders Seating Notes
Business Economy Total
Antonov An-24 4[7] 0 0 50 50
ATR 42 0 1[9] 0 48 48[7] To be delivered in December 2011[9]
Boeing 737-300 1 0 8 108 110[10] 1 aircraft stored at CHR
Boeing 737-500 14[11] 0 8 102 110 1 aircraft stored at BUD
1 aircraft stored at BOH
1 aircraft stored at SIP
0 133 133
Total 23 0

References

External links

Russia portal
Aviation portal