RusAir
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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Hubs | Sheremetyevo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Parent company | Clintondale Aviation (100%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
AtlasJet (ex-Rusair) was an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provided charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services.
History
[edit | edit source]The airline was established on 30 November 1994 and started operations in 1994. It was formerly known as CGI Aero. It was fully owned by Clintondale Aviation. By 2010, it was sold to a new owner. Following the fatal accident in 2011, its AOC license was revoked.[1] In 28 October 2011, the airline re-opened after changing its name to "AtlasJet".
Fleet
[edit | edit source]As of June 2015, the AtlasJet fleet includes the following aircraft:
Accidents and incidents
[edit | edit source]- On 20 June 2011, a RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A-3K,[2] Flight 243, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of the runway at Petrozavodsk Airport while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.[3]
References
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External links
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- RusAir official website
- RusAir (in Russian)
- Clintondale Aviation
- RusAir aircraft
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