This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia.[1]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
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2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise | UKU | PYSHMA | 1993 | 2011 | |||
61 Vozdushnaya Armiya | 1998 | 2009 | Rebranded as Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsiya | ||||
Aviaprima | J5 | PRL | 1993 | 1999 | Merged with Aerolat and Chernomor-Union to form Chernomor-Avia | ||
Adygea Airlines | MKP | 1997 | 2005 | ||||
Aero Rent | ![]() |
PC | NRO | AEROMASTER | 1995 | 2011 | |
Aeroflot-Cargo | ![]() |
SU | RCF | AEROFLOT CARGO | 2005 | 2009 | Rolled back into Aeroflot |
Aeroflot-Don | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | 2000 | 2009 | Reverted to Donavia | |
Aeroflot-Nord | ![]() |
5N | AVL | DVINA | 2004 | 2009 | Rebranded as Nordavia |
Aeroflot-Plus | ![]() |
P3 | PLS | AEROPLUS | 1992 | 2010 | Rebranded as Jetalliance East |
Aerofreight Airlines | ![]() |
RS | FRT | 1997 | 2003 | ||
Aerokuzbass | ![]() |
NKZ | 1999 | 2006 | Shut down after management was caught smuggling goods to Iran[2] | ||
Aerotex Airlines | 1999 | 2013 | Rebranded as RusLine | ||||
AeroVolga | ![]() |
VOG | 1993 | 1999 | Merged into Samara Airlines | ||
Air Bashkortostan | ![]() |
ZU | BBT | AGYDAL | 2006 | 2013 | |
Air Samara | 2010 | 2014 | |||||
AiRUnion | ![]() |
2005 | 2008 | ||||
Air Volga | ![]() |
G6 | WLG | GOUMRAK | 2008 | 2010 | Acquired by RusLine, name used for RusLine's regional flights |
Airlines 400 | ![]() |
VAZ | 1999 | 2007 | Rebranded as Red Wings Airlines | ||
Airstars | ![]() |
PL | ASE | MOROZOV | 1997 | 2011 | |
Ak Bars Aero | 2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | ||
Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines | ![]() |
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AIS Airlines | AIS | 1992 | 1999 | ||||
AJT Air International | ![]() |
E9 | TRJ | 1992 | 2003 | ||
Ak Bars Aero | ![]() |
2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | |
ALAK | ![]() |
1991 | 1999 | ||||
Alania Airlines | ![]() |
2D | OST | ALANIA | 1996 | 2009 | Acquired by VIM Airlines |
Airlines of Kuban | ![]() |
GW | KIL | 2004 | 2010 | Rebranded as Kuban Airlines | |
Alliance Avia | ![]() |
NZP | 2000 | 2006 | |||
Alpha Airlines | ![]() |
2004 | 2006 | ||||
Alrosa-Avia | ![]() |
LRO | ALROSA | 1993 | 2008 | ||
Amur Airlines | ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | ||||
Arkhangelsk Airlines | ![]() |
1991 | 2004 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Nord | |||
Astair | ZA | SUW | 1998 | 2005 | Rebranded as Interavia Airlines | ||
Astrakhan Airlines | ![]() |
OB | ASZ | Air Astrakhan | 1994 | 2005 | |
Atlant-Soyuz Airlines | ![]() |
7B | AYZ | ATLANT-SOYUZ | 1993 | 2010 | Rebranded as Moscow Airlines |
Atruvera Aviation | ![]() |
AUV | Atruvera | 1992 | 2006 | ||
Aviaarktika | 1930 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
Aviaenergo | ![]() |
7U | ERG | AVIAENERGO | 1993 | 2011 | |
Aviaexpresscruise | ![]() |
E6 | BKS | 1993 | 2004 | ||
Aviakultura | 1922 | 1922 | |||||
Avial NV | ![]() |
NVI | NEW AVIAL | 1991 | 2011 | ||
Avianova | ![]() |
AO | NET | NOVA | 2009 | 2011 | |
Aviapanh | ![]() |
1991 | 2011 | ||||
Aviaprad | ![]() |
WR | VID | AVIAPRAD | 1996 | 2008 | |
Aviast Air | ![]() |
1992 | 2009 | ||||
Avis Amur | ![]() |
2004 | 2011 | Operations suspended following crash | |||
Baikal Airlines | ![]() |
X3 | BKL | 1992 | 2002 | Absorbed into Siberia Airlines | |
BAL Bashkirian Airlines | ![]() |
V9 | BTC | BASHKIRIAN | 1991 | 2007 | |
Belgorod Air Enterprise | BED | BELGORYE | 1995 | 2005 | |||
Bugulma Air Enterprise | ![]() |
BGM | 1995 | 2010 | Rebranded as Ak Bars Aero | ||
Bural | ![]() |
BU | BUN | BURAL | 1993 | 2017 | Shut down due to aircraft maintenance law violations |
Bylina | ![]() |
BYL | BYLINA | 1992 | 2014 | ||
Bryansk Air Enterprise | BRK | Bravia | |||||
Center-South | ![]() |
DF | CTS | CENTER-SOUTH | 1993 | 2015 | Shut down following failed inspection |
Centre-Avia | ![]() |
J7 | CVC | AVIACENTRE | 1991 | 2010 | |
Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise | ![]() |
H6 | CHB | 1992 | 2004 | Absorbed into S7 Airlines | |
Cheremshanka Airlines (Cherline) | 1996 | ||||||
Chernomor-Avia | ![]() |
CMK | Cheravia | 1994 | 2005 | ||
Chitaavia | ![]() |
X7 | CHF | Chita | 1991 | 2006 | Acquired by VIM Airlines |
Chuvashia Airlines | ![]() |
CBK | 1993 | 2005 | |||
Continental Airways | ![]() |
PC | PVV | CONTAIR | 1995 | 2011 | |
Continent | ![]() |
LK | CNE | CONTINENT | 2009 | 2011 | |
Dagestan Airlines | ![]() |
N2 | DAG | DAGAL | 1994 | 2009 | Rebranded as South East Airlines |
Dalavia | ![]() |
H8 | KHB | DALAVIA | 1998 | 2008 | |
Dalstroy Aviation | 1946 | 1957 | Ceased operations in 1957 with the disbandment of Dalstroy[3] | ||||
Dauria | 1998 | 2011 | |||||
Deruluft | ![]() |
1922 | 1937 | German-Soviet joint airline | |||
Dobrolet Airlines | ![]() |
G2 | DOB | DOBROLET | 1992 | 2007 | |
Dobrolet | ![]() |
QD | DOB | DOBROLET | 2013 | 2014 | Shut down due to European Union sanctions in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
Dobrolyot | 1923 | 1930 | |||||
Domodedovo Airlines | ![]() |
E3 | DMO | DOMODEDOVO | 1992 | 2008 | |
Donavia | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 1993 | 2000 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Don |
Donavia | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 2000 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya |
East Line Airlines | ![]() |
1996 | 2004 | Rebranded as Russian Sky Airlines | |||
Elbrus-Avia | ![]() |
NLK | 1998 | 2009 | |||
Enkor | ![]() |
H6 | ENK | Enkor | 1997 | 2005 | Merged into Siberia Airlines |
Eurasia Air | ![]() |
UH | EUS | 1997 | 2003 | ||
Far East Avia | H8 | 1953 | 2008 | Rebranded as Dalavia | |||
Far Eastern Airline | 2013 | 2013 | Rebranded as Taiga Airline | ||||
Far Eastern Cargo Airlines | FEW | 1993 | 2000 | ||||
Flight | 2003 | ||||||
Globus Airlines | ![]() |
GH | GLP | GLOBUS | 2007 | 2019 | Merged into S7 Airlines |
Grizodubova Airline | |||||||
Gromov Air | ![]() |
GAI | 1995 | 2006 | Rebranded as Moskovia Airlines | ||
Grozni United Air Detachment | STIGL | 1992 | 1996 | Flag carrier of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |||
Hamiata | Sino-Russian joint airline | ||||||
Ilavia | ![]() |
ILV | Ilavia | 1994 | 2006 | ||
Ilin Air Company | 2011 | ||||||
Interavia Airlines | ![]() |
ZA | SUW | INTERAVIA | 2005 | 2008 | |
Irkutskavia | ![]() |
2003 | 2011 | Merged into Angara Airlines | |||
Iron Dragonfly | F7 | IDF | 1993 | 2003 | |||
IRS Aero | ![]() |
5R | LDF | 1994 | 2003 | Shut down following crash | |
Jet Air Group | ![]() |
JSI | 2006 | 2009 | Rebranded as PremierAvia | ||
Junkers Luftverkehr Russia | 1923 | 1924 | |||||
Kaliningradavia | ![]() |
KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 1976 | 2005 | Rebranded as KD Avia |
KAPO Avia | ![]() |
G7 | KAO | KAZAVIA | 2001 | 2015 | |
Karat | ![]() |
V2 | AKT | Aviakarat | 1993 | 2007 | |
Katekavia | ![]() |
ZF | KTK | Katekavia | 1995 | 2015 | Rebranded as Azur Air |
Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) | ![]() |
KV | MVD | AIR MINVODY | 1995 | 2011 | |
KD Avia | ![]() |
KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 2005 | 2009 | |
Khantyavia | |||||||
Khakasia Airlines | BKN | 1993 | 2003 | Merged into Vladivostok Air | |||
Kirov Air Enterprise | ![]() |
KTA | 1992 | 2012 | |||
KNG Transavia | CGT | 1994 | 2009 | ||||
Kolavia | ![]() |
1993 | 2012 | Rebranded as Metrojet | |||
Komiavia | ![]() |
1991 | 1997 | ||||
Komiinteravia | ![]() |
8J | KMV | KOMIINTER | 1996 | 2006 | Rebranded as UTair Express |
Korsar | 1991 | 1999 | |||||
Koryak Air Enterprise | ![]() |
1956 | 2010 | Merged into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise | |||
KrasAir | ![]() |
7B | KJC | KRASNOYARSK AIR | 1993 | 2008 | |
Krylo Airlines | K9 | KRI | KRYLO | 1991 | 2003 | ||
Kuban Airlines | ![]() |
GW | KIL | AIR KUBAN | 2010 | 2012 | Went bankrupt |
Magas | ![]() |
KCM | 2007 | 2009 | |||
MAVIAL Magadan Airlines | ![]() |
H5 | MVL | MAVIAL | 1992 | 2006 | |
Metrojet | ![]() |
7K | KGL | KOGALYM | 2012 | 2015 | Went bankrupt following the destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268 |
Mordovia Airlines | ![]() |
1992 | 2013 | Shut down due to safety violations | |||
Moscow Airlines | 7B | MOA | MOSCOW AIRLINES | 2010 | 2011 | ||
Moscow Airways | ![]() |
M8 | MSC | AIR MOSCOW | 1991 | 1996 | Ceased operations following crash |
Moskovia Airlines | ![]() |
3R | GAI | GROMOV AIRLINE | 2006 | 2014 | |
Murmansk Air Company | 2009 | ||||||
Murmansk Airlines | ![]() |
MNK | 1993 | 2001 | |||
Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportati | ![]() |
NFT | 1975 | 2013 | Rebranded as UTair Helicopter Services | ||
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise | 1992 | ||||||
Northwest Air Base | ![]() |
1974 | 2014 | ||||
Novgorodavia | ![]() |
1994 | 2006 | ||||
Novosibirsk Air Enterprise | ![]() |
NBE | NAKAIR | 1995 | 2011 | ||
Omskavia | ![]() |
N3 | OMS | OMSK | 1994 | 2008 | |
Orel Avia | ![]() |
R6 | UVL | 1991 | 1997 | Merged into Vnukovo Airlines | |
Orenair | ![]() |
R2 | ORB | ORENBURG | 2006 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines |
Orenburg Airlines | ![]() |
R2 | ORB | 1993 | 2006 | Rebranded as Orenair | |
Orient Avia | V6 | ORT | 1994 | 1997 | |||
PANH | PA | PAN | PANH | 2013 | 2016 | Fall in demand | |
Perm Airlines | ![]() |
P9 | PGP | PERM AIR | 1995 | 2008 | |
Polet Airlines | ![]() |
YQ | POT | POLET | 1989 | 2014 | |
Polyarnya Aviatsiya | 1932 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
Primair | PMM | 1998 | 2005 | ||||
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise | ![]() |
FV | PLK | Pulkovo | 1995 | 2006 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines |
RDS Avia | ![]() |
1993 | 1994 | ||||
Region Avia | ![]() |
L3 | 2005 | 2011 | |||
Remex | 1997 | 2001 | |||||
Rosneft-Baltika | 1997 | 2007 | |||||
Russ Air Transport Company | 1999 | 2001 | |||||
Russian Post Airlines | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
Russian Sky Airlines | ![]() |
P7 | ESL | RADUGA | 2004 | 2014 | Went bankrupt |
Ryazanaviatrans | ![]() |
RYZ | RYAZAN | 1995 | 2011 | ||
S-Air | ![]() |
RLS | 1998 | 2009[4] | AOC Revoked Following Crash | ||
Sakha Avia | ![]() |
K7 | IKT | SAKHAAVIA | 1993 | 2003 | Rebranded as Yakutia Airlines |
Samara Airlines | ![]() |
E5 | BRZ | BERYOZA | 1993 | 2008 | |
Saravia | ![]() |
6W | SOV | 1995 | 2013 | Rebranded as Saratov Airlines | |
Saratov Airlines | ![]() |
6W | SOV | SARATOV AIR | 2013 | 2018 | AOC revoked following crash |
SAT Airlines | ![]() |
HZ | SHU | SATAIR | 1992 | 2013 | Merged with Vladivostok Air to form Aurora |
Saturn Aviakompania | RMO | 2001 | 2009 | ||||
Sayany Airlines | NVI | UIIISYL | 1998 | 2002 | The airline was based in Irkutsk and Chita. | ||
ShaNS Air | SNF | 1993 | 2007[5] | ||||
Sibaviatrans | ![]() |
5M | SIB | Sibavia | 1995 | 2008 | |
Siberian Airlines | ![]() |
S7 | SBI | 1992 | 1996 | Rebranded as S7 Airlines | |
Siblyot | |||||||
Sirair | |||||||
Sir Aero | SRN | 1995 | 2007 | ||||
Skol Airlines | CDV | SKOL | 2000 | 2022 | Went bankrupt | ||
Sky Express | ![]() |
XW | SXR | SKYSTORM | 2006 | 2011 | Acquired by Kuban Airlines |
Skynet | 2010 | 2013 | |||||
Sky Gates Airlines | ![]() |
U3 | SAY | SKY PATH | 2016 | 2022 | |
South East Airlines | ![]() |
N2 | DAG | 2009 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | |
Spark+ | 1998 | 2006 | |||||
Specavia Air Company | 1997 | 2006 | |||||
Surgut Avia | 1993 | 1994 | Merged into Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | ||||
Tambov-Avia | 1993 | 2009 | |||||
Tatarstan Airlines | ![]() |
U9 | TAK | TATARSTAN | 2000 | 2013 | AOC revoked following crash |
Tatneftaero | 1997 | 2010 | |||||
TESIS Aviation Enterprise | UZ | TIS | TESIS | 1992 | 2008 | ||
Titan Cargo | TIT | 1995 | 2000 | ||||
Tomsk Avia | ![]() |
TSK | TOMSK-AVIA | 1992 | 2015 | ||
Touch and Go Airlines | EC | TUG | 1993 | 1995 | |||
Trans-Charter Airlines | FZ | TCH | 1994 | 1999 | |||
Transaero | ![]() |
UN | TSO | TRANSOVIET | 1991 | 2015 | Went bankrupt |
Transair-Gyraintiee | - | KTS | KOTAIR | 1996 | 2010 | ||
Transaviatsiya | 1930 | 1932 | |||||
Transeuropean Airlines | ![]() |
UE | TEP | TRANSEURLINE | 1996 | 2001 | |
Tretyakovo Air Transport | TKO | 1997 | 2002 | ||||
Tulpar Air | ![]() |
TUL | 1991 | 2014 | Grounded following failed inspection | ||
Tuva Airlines | AIR TYVA | 1992 | 2016 | Went bankrupt | |||
Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | ![]() |
7M | TYM | 1992 | 2003 | Rebranded as UTair Aviation | |
Uraiavia | - | URV | URAI | 1993 | 2011 | ||
Uralinteravia | ![]() |
U3 | URA | 1992 | 1996 | ||
UTair Aviation | ![]() |
UT | UTA | UTAIR | 1991 | 2017 | Rebranded as Utair |
UTair Express | ![]() |
UR | UTX | 2006 | 2015 | ||
VASO Airlines | ![]() |
2Z | VSO | 1993 | 2007 | ||
VIM Airlines | NN | MOV | MOV AIR | 2000 | 2017 | ||
VIM-Aviaservice | 2004 | 2008 | |||||
Vladikavkaz Air Enterprise | OSV | 1995 | 1999 | ||||
Vladivostok Air | ![]() |
XF | VLK | VLADAIR | 1994 | 2014 | Merged with SAT Airlines to form Aurora |
Vnukovo Airlines | ![]() |
V5 | VKO | VNUKOVO | 1994 | 2001 | Merged into Siberian Airlines |
Volga-Aviaexpress | ![]() |
G6 | WLG | 1992 | 2008 | Rebranded as Air Volga | |
Voronezhavia | ZT | VRN | VORONEZHAVIA | 1994 | 2009 | Taken over by Polet Airlines | |
Vyborg | ![]() |
VBG | 2002 | 2010 | Rebranded as Solaris Airlines | ||
Yak-Service | AKY | YAK-SERVICE | 1993 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | ||
Yakutsk Airlines | ![]() |
KUT | 1999 | 2003 | Merged into Yakutia Airlines | ||
Zapolyariye Airlines | ![]() |
PZY | ZAPOLOYAR | 2007 | 2010 | ||
Zonalnoye Air Enterprise | DF | 1992 | 2017 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ [1] ch-aviation.ch
- ^ ""АэроКузбасс" попался на контрабанде. В крупном размере". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ М. V. Tretyakov. The Development of Air Transport in Dalstroy in 1932–1957, in Вестник Университета Дмитрия Пожарского. 2016, No1(3). p. 192-209(in Russian)
- ^ "Росавиация аннулировала сертификат эксплуатанта ЗАО "Авиакомпания "С-Эйр"". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "ShaNS Air - ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation. Retrieved 24 April 2015.