Nordwind Airlines
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Sheremetyevo International Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Pegas Fly | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | 81 | ||||||
| Parent company | Pegas Touristik | ||||||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Shvetsov Igor (General Director)[1] | ||||||
| Website | nordwindairlines.ru | ||||||
Nordwind Airlines, LLC (Russian: ООО «Северный ветер», Severný veter) is a Russian scheduled and charter airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow,[2] with its main hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines primarily operates service between airports in Russia and holiday destinations around the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.[3]
History
Nordwind Airlines was founded in August 2008 by the Russian and Turkish branches of tour operator Pegas Touristik,[4] initially operating 3 Boeing 757-200 aircraft to/from 6 cities. Since then, the fleet has been greatly expanded, including the introduction of the Airbus A321 and the Boeing 767-300.[5]
By 2015, Nordwind operated service to/from 33 cities.[6]
In 2017, the company expanded its fleet with 2 A330s.[7]
The number of passengers transported was as follows:[6]
| Year | Passengers |
| 2008 | 20,000 |
| 2009 | 555,000 |
| 2010 | 1.2 million |
| 2011 | 1.7 million |
| 2012 | 2.2 million |
| 2013 | 3.4 million |
| 2014 | 4.4 million |
Destinations
Nordwind operates service to 97 destinations in 26 countries including 8 countries and 22 cities in Europe, 8 countries and 12 cities in Middle East and Africa, 3 countries and 3 cities in South America and 6 countries and 14 cities in Asia.
Fleet
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The Nordwind Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft:[8]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| P | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A321-200 | 7 | — | – | 220 | 220 | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 2 | — | 24 | 255 | 279 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 7 | 5[9] | – | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 4 | — | 12 | 278 | 290 | All leased to Pegas Fly |
| 288 | 300 | |||||
| Boeing 777-200ER | 4 | — | 6 | 387 | 393 | |
| Irkut MC-21-300 | — | 5[10] | TBA | |||
| Total | 24 | 11 | ||||
The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft:
References
- ↑ Nordwind: Senior Management
- ↑ About Nordwind
- ↑ "Nordwind - Home". Nordwind.
- ↑ "Nordwind Airlines (ATDB)". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ "Nordwind Airlines Fleet of B757 (Active) - Airfleets aviation". Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- 1 2 About Nordwind
- ↑ Montag-Girmes, Polina (July 14, 2017). "Russia’s Nordwind Airlines expands fleet with two A330s". Air Transport World.
- ↑ "Russia's Nordwind adds maiden A330". ch-aviation. July 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Russia's Nordwind to expand fleet with B737s". ch-aviation. April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Russia's Irkut MC-21-300 Performs First Flight". ainonline.com. July 31, 2017.
External links
Media related to Nordwind Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Russian)