- Red Wings Airlines
Infobox Airline
airline = Red Wings Airlines
logo_size = 150
fleet_size = 7
destinations =
IATA = WZ
ICAO = VAZ
callsign = Remont Air [ [https://extranet.eurocontrol.int/http://prisme-web.hq.corp.eurocontrol.int/indicators/aircraft_operators_browse.jsp?code=vaz Eurocontrol, 11 July 2008] ]
parent =
company_slogan =
founded =1999
headquarters =Moscow ,Russia
key_people =Alexander Lebedev
hubs =Bykovo Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.a400.ru/Red Wings is an airline based in
Moscow ,Russia . The airline provides both scheduled passenger and cargo charter services.History
Red Wings was founded in
1999 under the name VARZ-400, after the Russianacronym of the Vnukovo Avia RepairFactory . It was renamed Airlines 400 in2001 , before being given its current name in2007 .It is now owned by the tycoon
Alexander Lebedev , who wanted to create a discount airline using modern Russian Tupolev Tu-204-100, both new-built and used. The company has more recently sought to acquireAirbus A320 s and possiblyA321 s to supplement its Tu-204 fleet. [" [http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/21/315031/red-wings-considers-a321s-as-suitable-a320s-prove-elusive.html Red Wings considers A321s as suitable A320s prove elusive] ",Flight International , Retrieved on2008 -08-24.]Lededev also owns 49% of German discount airline
Blue Wings , which is to become Red Wings's sister company.Fleet
The Red Wings fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of
16 August 2008 ) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=RED&al_op=1] :*2
Tupolev Tu-154M (one aircraft is leased fromBulgarian Air Charter and the other is operated byYakutia Airlines )
*5Tupolev Tu-204 External links
* [http://www.a400.ru/ Red Wings Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=RED&al_op=1 Red Wings Airlines Fleet]References
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