ALROSA (airline) explained

Airline:ALROSA
Fleet Size:5
Destinations:11
Iata:6R
Icao:DRU
Callsign:MIRNY
Parent:ALROSA
Headquarters:Mirny, Russia
Website:alrosa.aero

CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА», ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»; Yakut: Алроса авиахампанньа, Alrosa aviaxampannya), formerly Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise (Alrosa Air Company Limited) is an airline from Mirny, Russia. Its bases are at Mirny Airport and Polyarny Airport, with a focus city at Lensk Airport. The airline operates scheduled and chartered domestic flights.

History

Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise was founded by the Russian mining company ALROSA (Almazy Rossii Sakha). A sister company Alrosa Avia, which was established in 1992 and operated passenger charter services in Russia and the CIS out of Moscow Vnukovo Airport.[1] The company's flight certificate was annulled on 21 November 2008. On 29 September 2018, RA-85684, the aircraft involved in Alrosa Flight 514 completed its last flight from Mirny to Novosibirsk. The aircraft was installed as a monument at the Tolmachevo Museum of Aviation.[2]

On 29 October 2020, ALROSA airline operated the last civil Tu-154 flight in Russia. The Tu-154, tail number RA-85757, flew from Mirny to Novosibirsk carrying 140 passengers.

Destinations

Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia :[3]

Russia
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Russia/Ukraine (disputed territory of Crimea)

Fleet

As of July 2022, the ALROSA fleet - excluding helicopters - includes the following aircraft:[5]

Alrosa-Avia fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Antonov An-24RV14848
Antonov An-3812626
Boeing 737-7002136136
Boeing 737-800112144166
Irkut MC-21-3003[6] Deliveries planned to begin in 2023.[7]
Sukhoi Superjet 1002Letter of intent signed in 2018.[8]
Total55

Notes and References

  1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 74 . 3 April 2007.
  2. Web site: RA-85684 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Alrosa Airlines | Artyom Kuzhlev.
  3. Web site: Расписание. Мирнинское авиационное предприятие. 8 June 2012.
  4. News: На самолете в Иркутск? Легко! У Оренбуржцев появилась возможность улететь в Сибирь . 3 February 2024 . 56orb.ru . Сетевое издание «56 медиа» . 3 February 2024 . ru.
  5. Web site: Our fleet. alrosa.aero. 2 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Russia's Alrosa to lease 3+3 MC-21-300s from IFC. 20 July 2017. ch-aviation.com. en-GB. 20 July 2017.
  7. Web site: Irkut MC-21 Wins Few Airline Orders at MAKS 2017. 19 July 2017. ainonline.com. en-GB. 20 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Alrosa Airlines to replace its vintage Tupolevs with Superjet 100s. 26 November 2018. Russian Aviation Insider.