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| Founded | 1992 (following the dissolution of Aeroflot) | |||
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| Ceased operations | 2010 | |||
| Hubs | Volgograd International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 6 (upon closure) | |||
| Destinations | 14 | |||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | |||
| Website | www.vae.ru defunct | |||
LCC Air Volga (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания Во́лга») was an airline with its head office in the Omega Plaza (Омега Плаза) business centre in Moscow, Russia.[1] It operated scheduled services from its base at Volgograd International Airport to cities in Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
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The airline was established in 1992 from the former Aeroflot Volgograd Division. Originally it was known as Volga Airlines, which was later changed to Volga-Aviaexpress (Russian: ООО «Волга Авиа-экспресс»), before once again adopting a new name, Air Volga. [2] On 1 April, 2010, Air Volga declared bankruptcy. Its fleet of four Bombardier CRJ200 (seating 50 passengers)[3] and most routes (including the Volgograd base) were taken over by RusLine.[4]
Air Volga operated scheduled flights to the following destinations:
On 24 August 2004, the 34 passengers and 9 crew members on board Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 died when the aircraft (a Tupolev Tu-134A aircraft, registered RA-65080) was destroyed by a bomb planted by Chechen terrorists.