Nordavia

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Nordavia
Нордавиа
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IATA ICAO Callsign
5N AUL ARCHANGELSK AIR
Founded
  • 1963 (as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron)
  • 1991 (as AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines)
  • 2004 (as Aeroflot-Nord)
  • 2009 (as Nordavia)
Operating bases
Focus cities Pulkovo Airport
Fleet size 9
Destinations 21
Parent company Norilsk Nickel
Headquarters Talagi Airport
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Key people Vladimir Antonov (Chairman)[1]
Website Nordavia.ru

Nordavia (Russian: Нордавиа), formerly known as Aeroflot-Nord (Аэрофлот-Норд), is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Talagi Airport in Arkhangelsk, Russia.[2] It operates mainly scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Talagi Airport and Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.[3] Nordavia is a joint-stock company.

History

An Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500.

The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian: Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991. In August 2004 Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was renamed Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline.[4] It joined the European Regions Airline Association in December 2006.

Since the contract with Aeroflot ended on 1 December 2009, the airline has operated independently as Nordavia.[5] Because of the bad press the subsidiary received following the Aeroflot Flight 821 disaster, and Russian aviation officials' 15 July 2009 imposition of restrictions (including a ban on international charter tours) on then Aeroflot-Nord flight operations due to insufficient security and bad finances, Aeroflot has distanced itself from Nordavia.[6]

In March 2011, Aeroflot sold the airline to Norilsk Nickel for a reported US$7 million. Kommersant has quoted experts who believe that Norilsk Nickel may merge Nordavia with Taimyr Air Company, which is already owned by the company.[7] On December 1, 2011 Norilsk Nickel reported that Nordavia is to be merged in Taimyr Air Company.[8]

An Aeroflot-Nord Antonov-24RV.
An Aeroflot-Nord Tupolev Tu-134A.

Destinations

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Main article: Nordavia destinations

Codeshare agreements

Nordavia Airlines also has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

The Nordavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2014):[10]

Nordavia fleet[10][11]
Aircraft Total Orders Seating Notes
Business Economy Total
Boeing 737-500 9 1 10 100 110
0 133 133
Total 9 1

Accidents and incidents

former logo of Aeroflot-Nord

References

  1. ↑ Nordavia Chairman
  2. ↑ "Contact Us." Nordavia. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "Legal address: Russian Federation, 163053, Arkhangelsk, Talagi Airport." – "Контакты." Address in Russian: "163053, г. Архангельск, Аэропорт "Архангельск"."
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  4. ↑ Flight International 27 March 2007
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  11. ↑ Nordavia official fleet page, Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  12. ↑ "September 14, 2008." Aeroflot. Accessed September 14, 2008.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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