Atlant-Soyuz Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = Atlant-Soyuz Airlines
Авиакомпания «Атлант-Союз»

logo_size = 250
fleet_size = 23 (+21 orders)
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IATA = 3GFederal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", "Airline Reference", Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 94]
ICAO = AYZ
callsign = ATLANT-SOYUZ
parent =
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founded = 1993
headquarters = Moscow, Russia
key_people = Valery Evgenevich Menitsky (Chairman of the Board)
Vladimir Vasilievich Davidov (General Director)
[http://www.atlant-soyuz.ru/eng/about/management/ Atlant-Soyuz official website "Management"] ]
hubs = Vnukovo Airport (passenger)
Domodedovo Airport (cargo) [http://www.atlant-soyuz.ru/eng/about/generalinfo/ Atlant-Soyuz official website "About us"] ]
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website = http://www.atlant-soyuz.ru

JSC "Atlant-Soyuz Airlines" ( _ru. ОАО «Авиакомпания «Атлант-Союз») is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates domestic and international passenger and cargo flights. The airlines main passenger base is located at Moscows Vnukovo International Airport, whilst the bulk of its cargo flights are operated from Domodedovo International Airport..

History

The airline was established and operations started in June 1993. It is owned by private investors (75%) and the City of Moscow (25%). It has 726 employeescite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 79 | date= 2007-04-03] .

Atlant-Soyuz and Evergreen International Airlines of Oregon, are to establish a new joint venture, operating scheduled cargo services between the United States and China, via Russia and Western Europe. [cite news | title= Joint venture | work=Airliner World | page= 13| date=August 2007]

Destinations

Atlant-Soyuz Airlines operates the following services (as at May 2007):

Domestic scheduled passenger destinations: Anapa, Moscow, Novokuznetsk, Saint Petersburg and Sochi [http://www.atlant-soyuz.ru/eng/freight/charter/ Atlant-Soyuz official website "Cargo transportation"] ]

Fleet

The Atlant-Soyuz fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

*2 Boeing 737-300
*2 Ilyushin Il-96-400T
*2 Ilyushin Il-76MD
*6 Ilyushin Il-76TD
*8 Ilyushin Il-86
*4 Tupolev Tu-154M
*1 Yakovlev Yak-42
*On order: 5 Tupolev Tu-334-100
*On order: 12 Embraer 120
*On order: 4 Boeing 737-700 [http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q3/070823a_nr.html]
*On order: 6 Boeing 737-800 [replacing IL-86]

In November 2006 the airline took delivery of 2 Boeing 737-300 aircraft (registrations VP-BBL and VP-BBM). Both aircraft are ex-Delta Air Lines and had been stored in Tucson, Arizona [Airliner World, February 2007] .

Previously operated

At August 2006 the airline also operated [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :
*2 Tupolev Tu-154B

External links

* [http://www.atlant-soyuz.ru/ Atlant-Soyuz Airlines]

References