This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia.[1]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | 2002 | ||||
| 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 | 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 |