RusLine explained

Airline:RusLine
РусЛайн
Fleet Size:5
Destinations:30
Iata:7R
Icao:RLU
Callsign:RUSLINE AIR
Headquarters:Moscow, Russia
Bases:Moscow-Vnukovo
Secondary Hubs:
Website:www.rusline.aero

RusLine (Russian: Авиакомпания «РусЛайн», Aviakompanija «RusLajn») is a regional airline from Russia that operates mostly domestic regional flights, as well as holiday charters. Its headquarters are located in the Omega Plaza (Омега Плаза) business centre in Moscow, Russia.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1999 as Aerotex Airlines and was originally based at Sheremetyevo International Airport.[3] In March 2013, it was renamed to today's RusLine, which coincided with a move to Vnukovo International Airport shortly after.[3]

On 1 April 2010, RusLine acquired the assets and brand name of bankrupt Air Volga. This included six Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft,[4] and Air Volga's base at Volgograd International Airport.[3]

Originally, the airline operated several ageing Soviet-built aircraft. The first Western airliner, a 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100, was introduced with RusLine in February 2008. Over the following years, further planes of that type (all of which had been acquired second-hand) were added.[5] In April 2012, RusLine took delivery of two larger Airbus A319 aircraft formerly owned by easyJet[5] in order to address the growing demand for charter flights.

Destinations

, RusLine operates scheduled flights to the following destinations.[6]

CountryCityAirportNotes
AqtauAqtau Airport
KazakhstanAqtobeAqtobe International Airport
LebanonBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
ArkhangelskVaskovo Airport
BelgorodBelgorod International Airport
ElistaElista Airport
GelendzhikGelendzhik Airport
IrkutskInternational Airport Irkutsk
IvanovoIvanovo Yuzhny Airport
IzhevskIzhevsk Airport
KalugaGrabtsevo Airport
KazanĞabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport
KirovPobedilovo Airport[7]
KrasnodarPashkovsky Airport
LipetskLipetsk Airport
Yoshkar-OlaYoshkar-Ola Airport
MakhachkalaUytash Airport
Mineralnye VodyMineralnye Vody Airport
MoscowVnukovo International Airport
NadymNadym Airport
Naryan-MarNaryan-Mar Airport
Nizhnekamsk/Naberezhnye ChelnyBegishevo Airport
NovosibirskTolmachevo Airport
PenzaPenza Vissarion Belinsky Airport
PetrozavodskBesovets Airport
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport
SamaraKurumoch International Airport
SaranskSaransk Airport[8]
SaratovSaratov Gagarin Airport
SochiAdler-Sochi International Airport
TambovTambov Donskoye Airport[9]
UfaMustai Karim Ufa International Airport
Ulan-UdeBaikal International Airport
UlyanovskUlyanovsk Baratayevka Airport
VolgogradGumrak Airport
VorkutaVorkuta Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

, the RusLine fleet consists of the following aircraft:[10]

RusLine fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Bombardier CRJ1002 - 50
Bombardier CRJ2003 - 50
Total5 -

Historic fleet

Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:

AircraftIntroducedRetired
Airbus A319-10020122013
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia[11] 20112015
Tupolev Tu-13419972011
Yakovlev Yak-4019972011

Accidents and incidents

  • On 20 June 2011, 47 people died in the crash of Flight 243. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134 (registered RA-65691) had been leased by RusLine from RusAir and was approaching Petrozavodsk Airport, completing a flight from Moscow-Domodedovo. Due to poor visibility conditions, the pilots were unaware that they descended too rapidly, so that the aircraft struck trees and impacted on a highway. There were five survivors.[12] [13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Авиакомпания "РусЛайн" начинает базироваться в Улан-Удэ и запускает новый рейс в Иркутск. airportbaikal.ru. 27 April 2018.
  2. "КОНТАКТЫ." RusLine. Retrieved on 21 June 2011. "КОНТАКТЫГОЛОВНОЙ ОФИС Адрес: 115280, г. Москва, ул. Ленинская слобода, д.19, бизнес-центр «Омега Плаза»"
  3. Web site: ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank. aerotransport.org. 23 April 2018.
  4. Web site: List of the Bombardier CRJ200s operated by Air Volga, at planespotters.net. planespotters.net. 23 April 2018.
  5. Web site: RusLine fleet list at planespotters.net. planespotters.net. 23 April 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153200/https://www.planespotters.net/airline/RusLine. 7 March 2016.
  6. Web site: География полетов . 2016-07-07 . 2016-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160715172614/http://www.rusline.aero/flying/geography_of_flights/ . dead .
  7. News: Из кировского аэропорта Победилово вылетел первый рейс в Петербург. 20 January 2014. ИТАР-ТАСС. 20 January 2014.
  8. News: Liu . Jim . RusLine expands Adler/Sochi network in S19 . 17 May 2019 . Routesonline . 17 May 2019.
  9. News: Птуха . Ирина . Аэропорт "Тамбов" принял первый рейс из Казани . 19 June 2024 . www.onlinetambov.ru . Онлайн Тамбов.ру . 18 June 2024 . ru.
  10. Web site: planespotters.net.
  11. http://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2011/08/23/220608.html AviaPort digest (in Russian)
  12. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A-3 RA-65691 Petrozavodsk Airport (PES). Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net. 23 April 2018.
  13. Web site: Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway . The Aviation Herald . 20 June 2011 . 21 June 2011.

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