| Airline: | CJSC Aircompany "Polet" ЗАО «Авиакомпания „Полёт“» |
| Iata: | YQ[1] |
| Icao: | POT |
| Callsign: | POLET |
| Parent: | Anatoly Karpov (100%) |
| Headquarters: | Voronezh, Russia |
| Key People: | Anatoly Karpov (CEO) |
| Hubs: | Ulyanovsk (cargo) Voronezh (passenger) |
| Focus Cities: | Moscow |
| Fleet Size: | 28 |
| Destinations: | 11 |
| Website: | (defunct) |
CJSC «Polet Airlines» (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания „Полёт“», ZAO «Aviakompániya "Polyót"») was an airline based in Voronezh, Russia. It operated a worldwide cargo and domestic passenger charter services from Voronezh, as well as regional passenger and cargo services from Sokol. It was one of two airlines which flew the Antonov An-124 Ruslan, the world's highest gross weight cargo airplane which specialises in oversized freight. Its collapse, over lease payments for these massive aircraft, left only the Volga-Dnepr Airlines/Antonov Airlines joint partnership in this market.[2] Its main base was Chertovitskoye Airport, Voronezh. Polet is the Russian word for flight.[3]
The airline was established and started operations in 1988. In 2002 Polet began serving the agricultural, aeromedical and aerial photography markets. The airline was wholly owned by Anatoly S Karpov (Chief Executive and General Director) and had a 19.5% holding in Voronezhavia.[3]
In December 2013, the carrier announced that it was evaluating the acquisition of five mid size jets for charter operations out of Voronezh.[4]
Polet was sued by Alexander Lebedev, who claimed that it owned US$8 million in lease payments for An-124 aircraft.[2] [5] [6] [7]
Polet suspended both passenger and cargo operations on 24 November 2014 after which a Moscow Arbitration Court on 28 November placed the carrier into administration.[8] [9] Rosaviatsia cancelled Polet's AOC in .[10]
As of October 2013, Polet Airlines operated scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[11]
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Greece
Latvia
Lithuania
Armenia
TurkeyThe Polet Airlines fleet included the following aircraft (as of December 2013):[12] [13] [14] [15]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Passengers | Age (By years) | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||||||
| Antonov An-30A | 2 | - | Cartography | 35.7 | |||||||
| Antonov An-124-100 | 4 | 5 | Cargo | 16 | |||||||
| Antonov An-148 | 2 | 8 | TBA | ||||||||
| BAe 125-800 | 5 | - | 8 | - | 8 | ||||||
| Ilyushin Il-76TD | 1 | - | Cargo | Sold to Zet Avia | |||||||
| Ilyushin Il-96T | 3 | - | Cargo | 1.9 | Stored | ||||||
| Saab 340B | 5 | 20 | - | 34 | 34 | 19.6 | |||||
| Saab 2000 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 12.7 | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-134A | 1 | - | TBA | 31 | |||||||
| Total | 18 | 24 | |||||||||