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CGI
  
CGI

Founded
  
1994

Headquarters
  
Moscow, Russia

Fleet size
  
2

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Hubs
  
Sheremetyevo International Airport

Parent company
  
Clintondale Aviation (100%)

Hub
  
Sheremetyevo International Airport

Atlas jet (ex-Rusair) is an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provides charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services.

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History

The airline was established on 30 November 1994 and started operations in 1994. It was formerly known as CGI Aero. It was 100% owned by Clintondale Aviation. Following the fatal accident in 2011, its AOC license was revoked. In October 28, 2011, the airline re-opened after changing its name to "Atlasjet".

Fleet

As of June 2015 the AtlasJet fleet includes the following aircraft:

  • 2 Sukhoi Superjet 100

    • Accidents and incidents

  • On June 20, 2011, a RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A-3K, Flight 243, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of the runway at Petrozavodsk Airport while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.

    • References

    RusAir Wikipedia
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