Transaero Airlines

Infobox_Airline
airline=Transaero
Трансаэро
logo=Transaero Airlines logo.svg
logo_size=250
IATA=UN
ICAO=TSO
callsign=TRANS SOVIET
parent=
founded=1990
headquarters=Moscow, Russia
key_people= Olga Pleshakova (MD)
hubs=Domodedovo International Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=Transaero Privilege Program
lounge=
alliance=
fleet_size=40 (+19 orders, 12 options)
destinations=58
website= http://www.transaero.ru/

JSC Transaero Airlines ( _ru. ОАО «Авиакомпания «Трансаэро») or simply Transaero ( _ru. Трансаэро) is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter flights to more than 70 domestic and international destinations. Its main base is Domodedovo International Airport (DME), Moscow and Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg.

History

Transaero began as a charter airline with aircraft leased from Aeroflot. It was incorporated as a joint stock company on 28 December 1990 and was the first non-Aeroflot company approved for scheduled passenger services in the Soviet Union. Its first charter service was Moscow to Tel Aviv on November 5 1991. In July 1992, Transaero received its own Ilyushin Il-86. It became the first non-Aeroflot airline to operate scheduled flights in Russia when it launched its Moscow - Norilsk flight in January 1993 followed by Kiev, Sochi and Almaty later the same year. Its first international scheduled route from Moscow to Tel Aviv was inaugurated in November 1993.

In April 1993, Transaero started operating western aircraft when it received its first Boeing 737-200, followed by its first Boeing 757-200 in April 1994.

Transaero was also the first Russian airline with a frequent flyer program, which established in 1995. It was also the first Russian airline with an FAA aircraft maintenance certificate, which it obtained in 1997.

In December 1998 a weekly service between Moscow and London Gatwick was started. Transaero operated its first Boeing 737-700 in 1998, followed by Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 737-300 in 2002 and Boeing 767-300 and Boeing 737-400 in 2003. An agreement was signed to purchase 10 Tupolev Tu-214-300 in the same year. [ [http://www.tupolev.ru/English/Show.asp?SectionID=200 Transaero Agrees To Purchase 10 Tupolev Tu-214-300's] ] In 2005. Transaero became the first Russian passenger airline to operate the Boeing 747 when it started services on 11 July 2005 with a leased, ex-Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-200 on scheduled services from Moscow to Tel Aviv. The aircraft will also operate summer charter flights to holiday destinations.

In May 2005, Transaero added a flight between Moscow and Montreal, marking the first time the airline flew to Canada. On June 21, 2006, Transaero also began operating nonstop flights between Moscow and Toronto. [ [http://www.transaero.ru/en/company/news.html?news_id=285&year=2006 Transaero Completes First Flight to Toronto Returning to Moscow] (Official Press Release: June 27, 2006)] As of September 24, 2008 the service to Toronto stopped operating.

In November 2007 the airline announced a new scheduled bi-weekly service between Moscow and Sydney, Australia via Hong Kong, commencing December 24, 2007. The flight will be operated by Boeing 767-300 equipment. [ru icon [http://www.transaero.ru/company/news.html?news_id=451 «Трансаэро» открывает регулярные рейсы из Москвы в Сидней (Австралия) с промежуточной посадкой в Гонконге] (Official Press Release: November 16, 2007)]

The triple daily London-Moscow bmi service is jointly operated by bmi in partnership with Transaero via a codeshare agreement. Bmi operates two daily services in each direction and Transero operates one. [ [http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-us/aboutbmi/keyfacts.aspx Tranaero Commences Codeshare Agreement with bmi British Midland Airlines] (bmi Website: October 2006)] The two airlines also award frequent flyer miles for each other's flights and status miles on the LHR-DME route.

Destinations

Fleet

The Transaero fleet includes the following aircraft as of October 2008:

As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the Transaero fleet is 18.7 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Transaero%20Airlines.htm] ).

Orders

* Transaero has ordered eight A330-200 aircraft and is negotiating an order for 10 Airbus A320 aircraft. Deliveries to start in 2009. Fact|date=February 2008
* Transaero has ordered ten Sukhoi Superjet 100 with option for 12 more. Fact|date=February 2008
* Transaero has negotiated a deal with Continental Airlines to purchase 10 of their Boeing 737-500 aircraft still in their fleet. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2007-07-19-continental-q2_N.htm Transaero to Buy 10 Boeing 737-500's from Continental Airlines] (USA Today: July 19, 2007)]
* Transaero is planning to replace all of its Boeing 747-200s with used Boeing 747-400s, with the first replacement entering service by the end of 2007. It plans to convert the -200s into freighter versions to 'develop Transaero's cargo traffic'. [" [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/28/216260/transaero-to-acquire-boeing-747-400s-and-convert-200s-to.html Transaero to acquire Boeing 747-400s and convert -200s to freighters] " Flight Global, 28/08/07]

Retired fleet

*Airbus A310
*Antonov An-124
*Boeing 737-200
*Boeing 737-700
*Boeing 757-200
*Ilyushin Il-86
*McDonnell Douglas DC-10

References

External links

* [http://www.transaero.ru Transaero]