Nordavia
Nordavia (Russian: Нордавиа), formerly known as Aeroflot-Nord (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] Nordavia is a joint-stock company.
History
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An Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500.
The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian: Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991. In August 2004 Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was renamed Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline.[4] It joined the European Regions Airline Association in December 2006.
Since the contract with Aeroflot ended on 1 December 2009, the airline has operated independently as Nordavia.[5] Because of the bad press the subsidiary received following the Aeroflot Flight 821 disaster, and Russian aviation officials' 15 July 2009 imposition of restrictions (including a ban on international charter tours) on then Aeroflot-Nord flight operations due to insufficient security and bad finances, Aeroflot has distanced itself from Nordavia.[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 1, 2011 Norilsk Nickel reported that Nordavia is to be merged in Taimyr Air Company.[8]
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An Aeroflot-Nord Tupolev Tu-134A.
Destinations
Codeshare agreements
Nordavia Airlines also has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Fleet
The Nordavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2014):[10]
Nordavia fleet[10][11]
Aircraft |
Total |
Orders |
Seating |
Notes |
Business |
Economy |
Total |
Boeing 737-500 |
9 |
— |
10 |
100 |
110 |
|
0 |
133 |
133 |
Total |
9 |
— |
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Accidents and incidents
- On 14 September 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821, flown under a combined service agreement with Aeroflot,[12] crashed on approach to Perm Airport, Russia. All 88 passengers; including 6 crew members were killed.[13]
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former logo of Aeroflot-Nord
References
- ↑ Nordavia Chairman
- ↑ "Contact Us." Nordavia. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "Legal address:
Russian Federation, 163053, Arkhangelsk, Talagi Airport." – "Контакты." Address in Russian: "163053, г. Архангельск, Аэропорт "Архангельск"."
- ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 47.
- ↑ Flight International 27 March 2007
- ↑ "ERA Welcomes Aeroflot-Nord". European Regions Airline Association (ERA). 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ↑ "Aeroflot-Nord in trouble". BarentsObserver. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ↑ "Russia's Aeroflot airline sells Nordavia for $7 mln — paper". Moscow: RIA Novosti. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ "Aviaport digest, Dec. 1st, 2011" (in Russian). Aviaport.ru. 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ↑ L, J (6 April 2015). "Nordavia Expands Moscow Domodedovo Service in S15; New Codeshare Partnership with S7 Airlines". Airline Route. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Nordavia fleet list at ch-aviation.ch". Ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ↑ Nordavia official fleet page, Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "September 14, 2008." Aeroflot. Accessed September 14, 2008.
- ↑ "Aeroflot-Nord Flight 821 down near Perm". Russiatoday.com. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
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