- Sky Express
Infobox Airline
airline = Sky Express
Скай Экспресс
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IATA = XWFederal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", "Airline Reference", Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 303]
ICAO = SXR
callsign = SKYSTORM
founded =2006
commenced =29 January 2007
ceased =
hubs =Vnukovo International Airport
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frequent_flyer =
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fleet_size = 9
destinations = 9
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headquarters =Moscow ,Russia
key_people = Marina Vladimirovna Bukalova (General Director )
website = http://www.skyexpress.ru/CJSC Sky Express ( _ru. ЗАО «Небесный Экспресс»), also known in Russian as "Скай Экспресс", is the first and only Russian airline presenting itself as a low-coster focusing on internal flights. Its main base is
Vnukovo International Airport .History
The airline was established in
March 2006 by a consortium of investors which includedKrasAir CEO Boris Abrmovich,EBRD , Altima Partners and others, becoming the Russia's first low-cost airline. The first flight took off on29 January 2007 fromMoscow toSochi .Destinations
As of
June 2008 , the Sky Express destinations are [ [http://www.skyexpress.ru/en/showcase/flight-information/ Sky Express website - Flight Information] ] :*
Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo Airport )
*Kazan (Kazan International Airport )
*Moscow (Vnukovo Airport ) hub
*Murmansk (Murmansk Airport )
*Perm (Bolshoye Savino Airport )
*Rostov on Don (Rostov-on-Don Airport )
*Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport )
*Sochi (Adler-Sochi International Airport )
*Tyumen (Roschino Airport )
*Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo Airport )
*Chelyabinsk (Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport )
*Samara (Kurumoch Airport )Fleet
The Sky Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of
March 2008 ):*3
Boeing 737-300
*6Boeing 737-500 As of
March 2008 , the average age of the Sky Express fleet is 17.5 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Sky%20Express.htm] ).External links
*en icon ru icon [http://www.skyexpress.ru/ Sky Express]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=SXR&al_op=1 Sky Express Fleet]References
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