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U9
  
TAK

Commenced operations
  
1999

Destinations
  
13

Founded
  
1993

Fleet size
  
9

TAK
  
TATARSTAN

Focus cities
  
Begishevo Airport

Headquarters
  
Kazan, Russia

Ceased operations
  
December 31, 2013

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Hubs
  
Kazan International Airport

Hub
  
Kazan International Airport

Tatarstan airlines flight 363


Tatarstan Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания Татарстан, Tatar: Татарстан Һава Юллары, Tatarstan Hawa Yulları) was the regional airline of the Republic of Tatarstan, part of the Russian Federation. It was based at Kazan Airport in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia and operated from 1999 until 2013.

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Crash of tartarstan tatarstan airlines flight 363 on 17 november 2013


History

Tatarstan Airlines was founded in 1993 and started flights in 1999. It operated scheduled flights to destinations in Russia and abroad including seasonal charter flights to holiday destinations.

In 2012 Tatarstan Airlines announced that it would work with Turkish Airlines to make Kazan airport a federal hub.

In November 2013 the crash of Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 claimed the lives of all passengers and crew. Russia's air transport regulator Rosaviatsiya recommended that Tatarstan Airlines' operating license be withdrawn after air incident investigators concluded that the crash was due to overworked and inadequately trained crew. The airline's operating license was revoked on 31 December 2013 and its aircraft were transferred to Ak Bars Aero.

Destinations

Tatarstan Airlines operated scheduled passenger services to cities in Russia including Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Makhachkala as well as international destinations Baku, Dushanbe, Yerevan, Tashkent, Khujand, Istanbul, Prague and Tel Aviv. Tatarstan Airlines operated charter services in Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece and Turkey. In 2010–2011 Tatarstan Airlines flew 40 routes. In 2009 it carried 577,000 passengers, which grew to 603,000 in 2010 and 824,000 in 2011.

Codeshare agreements

Tatarstan Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines (as of November 2013):

  • Ak Bars Aero
  • Czech Airlines (SkyTeam)
  • Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance)
  • Accidents and incidents

    On 17 November 2013, Boeing 737–500 (VQ-BBN) arriving from Moscow crashed on landing at Kazan International Airport. All 44 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. The crash resulted in the temporary closure of the airport.

    References

    Tatarstan Airlines Wikipedia