Interavia Airlines Explained

Airline:INTERAVIA Airlines
Авиакомпания Интеравиа
Fleet Size:7
Destinations:7
Iata:ZA
Icao:SUW
Callsign:INTERAVIA
Founded:1998
Ceased:2008
Headquarters:Moscow, Russia
Key People:Gen. Director Vladimir N. Gloshkin
Hubs:Domodedovo International Airport
Focus Cities:Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Anapa, Magadan

Interavia Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания Интеравиа) was an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operated scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow.[1] The Russian aviation authority suspended their flights from 17 October 2008.[2]

History

The airline was established as Astair Airlines in 1998 and became Interavia Airlines on 18 May 2005.[1] It started regular services from Moscow in July 2005.[3] Interavia Airlines was registered as a corporation with publicly traded stock, with no shares owned by the Russian Government.

Because of financial difficulties, the airline suspended operations on October 9, 2008[4] and shortly thereafter lost its operating licence. Astair only flew with a few (or one) Yakovlev Yak-42.

Destinations

As at October 2008, Interavia Airlines operated flights to:[5]

Fleet

The Interavia Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of 6 October 2008):[6]

Interavia fleet
AircraftTotal
Tupolev Tu-154M2
Yakovlev Yak-421
Ilyushin Il-624
Total7
The corporation planned to buy several Italian ATR-42 40-50-seat turboprops and some Boeing aircraft.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 93 . 2007-04-03.
  2. News: Russia suspends regional airlines . BBC News . 15 October 2008 . 5 May 2010.
  3. http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/news/press_rel/?ID=1471 Domodedovo International Airport – New Interavia services
  4. Web site: 9 Airlines Grounded Over Unpaid Debts, 'St Petersburg Times', 17 October, 2008 . 2009-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605054615/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=27379&highlight=interavia . 2011-06-05 . dead .
  5. Polet-Sirena
  6. Web site: CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More . www.ch-aviation.ch . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314055308/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=IVA&al_op=1 . 2012-03-14.