Airline: | Region Avia Регион-Авиа |
Fleet Size: | 16 |
Destinations: | 12 (in 2009) |
Iata: | RK |
Icao: | - |
Callsign: | - |
Commenced: | 2006 |
Founded: | 2005 |
Ceased: | 2011 |
Headquarters: | Moscow, Russia |
Key People: | Denis Pavshinsky (CEO) |
Bases: | Domodedovo International Airport Bykovo Airport |
Website: | www.regionavia.ru |
Region Avia (ru|Регион-Авиа), also styled Region-Avia or Region Avia Airlines, was a regional airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Domodedovo International Airport, and chartered services out of Bykovo Airport.[1]
Region Avia was registered in Moscow in 2005, as a company which was to 52% owned by (unnamed) Russian citizens and had an initial funding of $50 million.[2] It received its Air Operator's Certificate on 19 August 2006.[3] The last scheduled flight (from Tambov to Moscow) took place on 31 December 2010,[4] and the company was dissolved in early 2011.[5]
At its height in 2009, Region Avia operated scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:
Between 2007 and 2008, Region-Avia had offered flights from Yekaterinburg to Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Nyagan on behalf of Aviaprad.[2]
The Region Avia Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:[2]
The company had plans to acquire a fleet of up to 50 foreign-made aircraft (either ATR 42, ATR 72 or Bombardier Dash 8) by 2012.[6] [7]