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Orenair (Orenburg Airlines)
ORENAIR — Оренбургские авиалинииIATA
R2[1]ICAO
ORB[1]Callsign
ORENBURG[1]Founded August 28, 1932(as Aeroflot, 1992(as Orenair) Hubs Orenburg Tsentralny Airport Fleet size 81 Destinations 12 Headquarters Orenburg, Russia Key people Boris Alexandrovich Portnikov (General Director) Website www.orenair.ru Orenburg Airlines (Russian: Оренбургские авиалинии[2][3]) is an airline based in Orenburg, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters, as well as aerial work and special flights. Its main base is Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, with hubs at Domodedovo and Orsk.[4]
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History
The airline was formed from the Aeroflot Orenburg Division, which was established in 1932. It started operations in 1992 under its present name. It was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce the hub system of connecting flights in Orenburg, providing a full service for transfer passengers, and the first Russian domestic airline to introduce through air fares.[4] In 2010, Orenair was acquired by Aeroflot and is likely to engage in a fleet modernization process as a result of the merger.[5]
Destinations
Orenburg Airlines operates the following scheduled services (as of July 2011):[6][7]
- From Orenburg (domestic)
- Anapa
- Krasnodar
- Mineralnye Vody
- Moscow
- Domodedovo Airport
- Sheremetyevo Airport
- St. Petersburg1
- Sochi
- From Orenburg (international)
- Dushanbe
- Düsseldorf1
- Hannover
- Kiev
- Boryspil Airport
- Khudzhand
- Tel Aviv [begins 15 September]
- From Omsk
- Düsseldorf
- Hannover
- From Orsk
- From Ufa
- From Chelyabinsk
- From Chelyabinsk (international)
- From Perm
- From Samara
1 Business class available.
The airline operates charter flights from and to Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, Sharm el-Sheikh, Ufa, Volgograd, Goa, Poprad-Tatry and other destinations.
Fleet
Fixed-wing aircraft fleet
The Orenair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 20 October 2011):[8][9][10][11]
Orenair fleet Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Registration Notes C Y+ Y Total Boeing 737-400 2 0 0 — 168 168 Boeing 737-500 1 0 16 — 97 113 VP-BGR 2 14 — 108 122 VP-BPE, VP-BPF flexible two-class layout 10 — 114 124 1 — — 131 131 VP-BEW Boeing 737-800 10 2 — — 189 189 4 12 — 156 168 VQ-BIZ, VQ-BNK, VQ-BLW, VQ-BLX[12] Boeing 777-200ER[13] 1 0 14 34 316 364 VQ-BNU leased from ILFC, ex-Air Austral[14] Tupolev Tu-204 1 0 — — 208 208 RA-64017[15] As of January 2010, the average age of western-built Orenair fleet was 13.7 years.[16]
Helicopter fleet
Orenair helicopter fleet[8] Aircraft Total Passengers Notes Mil Mi-2 8 6 Mil Mi-8T 2 22 Mil Mi-8P 1 14 Kamov Ka-226 2 6 Previously operated
As of August 2006 the airline also operated:[17]
External links
References
- ^ a b c Airlinecodes
- ^ With the official name of Federal State Unitary Enterprise – Russian: Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие „Оренбургские авиалинии”.
- ^ The B.737s bear the title “Orenair”, while the Tu-134s and Tu-154s carry either “Orenburg Airlines” or “Orenair”, as it can be seen in the pictures on Airliners website and other sources.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 59. 2007-04-10.
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aeroflot-looks-for-consolidation-boost-341921/
- ^ http://www.orenair.ru/regyl_full/
- ^ Flightstats
- ^ a b http://www.orenair.ru/flot/
- ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=ORE
- ^ http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Orenair.htm
- ^ http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Orenair-(Orenburg-Airlines)
- ^ Aviaport news, Oct 28, 2011
- ^ Orenair official page
- ^ Planespotters.net data on Boeing 777-2Q8(ER) MSN 29908
- ^ Planespotter.net page for Tupolev Tu-204 MSN 1450742564017
- ^ http://airfleets.net/ageflotte/Orenair.htm
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006.
Categories:- Airlines of Russia
- Former Aeroflot divisions
- Airlines established in 1992
- Aeroflot
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