7B AYZMOA Destinations 12 (upon closure) Founded 1993 | Ceased operations 2011 Fleet size 15 | |
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AYZMOA ATLANT-SOYUZMOSCOW AIRLINES Key people Valery Evgenevich Menitsky (Chairman of the Board)Vladimir Vasilievich Davidov (General Director) |
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Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания Атлант-Союз), known as Moscow Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания Москва) during 2010-2011, was an airline based in Moscow, Russia, that operated domestic and international passenger flights out of Vnukovo International Airport from 1993 to 2011.
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- History
- Destinations
- Fleet
- Aircraft gallery
- References
History
OJSC Atlant-Soyuz Airlines was founded and started operations in June 1993, offering passenger and cargo flights using Soviet-build aircraft. The first Boeing airplane was added to the fleet in 2006. In 2007, the company was owned by private investors (75 percent) and the City of Moscow (25 percent) and had 726 employees. Initial plans for a joint-venture with US-based cargo airline Evergreen International Airlines where brought forth in 2007, but never materialized.
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. On 17 January 2011, Moscow Airlines discontinued all flight activities, and the company went into liquidation.
Destinations
In December 2010, Moscow Airlines served the following scheduled destinations:
Fleet
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. Additionally, it owned several older Tupolev and Ilyushin aircraft, which mostly served on charter routes.