Donavia

Donavia
Донавиа

IATA D9[1] ICAO DNV[1] Callsign DONAVIA[1]
Founded	2000
Hubs	Rostov-on-Don Airport[1]
Focus cities	Moscow-Vnukovo
Frequent-flyer program	Success Formula
Fleet size	12
Destinations	20
Parent company	Aeroflot (100%)
Headquarters	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Key people	Mikhail Stepanovich Kritskiy (General Director)[1]
Website	http://www.aeroflot-don.ru/

JSC "Donavia" (Russian: ОАО «Донавиа»), formerly Aeroflot-Don (Russian: ОАО «Аэрофлот-Дон») is an airline based in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.^[2][3] It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger flights network as well as passenger and cargo charters, most of which to the Middle East. Its main bases are Rostov-on-Don Airport and Moscow-Vnukovo Airport.^[1]

History

An Aeroflot-Don Tupolev Tu-134 at Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia. (2006)

The airline was established as Donavia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It absorbed the Rostov assets of the Soviet airline Aeroflot, and was one of many such "Babyflots" to emerge in the early 1990s. However, the airline was purchased by Aeroflot in 2000 and started operations under the Aeroflot-Don name on 13 April 2000. On 25 September 2009, the airline was once again renamed into Donavia.^[4]

Destinations

Donavia serves the following destinations (at May 2011):^[5]

• Armenia
  • Gyumri - Shirak Airport
  • Yerevan - Zvartnots International Airport
• Czech Republic
  • Prague - Ruzyně Airport
• Egypt
  • Hurghada - Hurghada International Airport
  • Sharm el-Sheikh - Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
• Germany
  • Munich - Munich Airport
  • Frankfurt am Main - Frankfurt Airport
• Israel
  • Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion International Airport
• Kyrgyzstan
  • Bishkek - Manas International Airport
• Russia
  • Mineralnye Vody - Mineralnye Vody Airport
  • Moscow
    • Sheremetyevo Airport
    • Vnukovo Airport
  • Nizhnevartovsk - Nizhnevartovsk Airport
  • Novy Urengoy - Novy Urengoy Airport
  • Rostov-on-Don - Rostov-on-Don Airport (hub)
  • Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport
  • Sochi - Sochi International Airport
  • Vladikavkaz - Beslan Airport
  • Yekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport
• Turkey
  • Istanbul - Atatürk International Airport
• United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai - Dubai International Airport
• Uzbekistan
  • Tashkent - Tashkent International Airport

Fleet

An Aeroflot-Don Tupolev Tu-154 landing at Vnukovo International Airport, Russia. (2008)

An Aeroflot-Don Ilyushin Il-86. (2008)

The Donavia fleet includes the following aircraft (at May 2011):^[6][7]

Donavia Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Order	Seating			Notes
			J	Y	Total
Boeing 737-400	3	0	12	138	150
Boeing 737-500	7	0	12	94	106
Boeing 757-200	0	2	TBA			will be operating for Anex Tour[8]
Total	10	0

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 122
2. ^ "Контакты авиакомпании." Donavia. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "Адрес: 344009, г. Ростов-на-Дону, пр. Шолохова, 272."
3. ^ "Directory:World Airlines." Flight International. 16-22 March 2004. 48. "Sholokova Prospekt 272, Rostov-on-Don, 344009, Russia"
4. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 47. 2007-04-03. 
5. ^ Schedule
6. ^ Donavia Fleet
7. ^ http://www.aeroflot-don.ru/company.aspx?no=494
8. ^ http://www.top-personal.ru/pressissue.html?22450

External links

	Russia portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• Official website (Russian)
• Donavia fleet