Interavia Airlines

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]

INTERAVIA Airlines
Авиакомпания Интеравиа
IATA ICAO Callsign
ZA SUW INTERAVIA
Founded1998
Ceased operations2008
HubsDomodedovo International Airport
Focus citiesSochi, Mineralnye Vody, Anapa, Magadan
Fleet size7
Destinations7
Headquarters[[Moscow] Russia]]
Key peopleGen. Director Vladimir N. Gloshkin
Websitewww.inter-avia.ru

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
Ilyushin Il-62M at Domodedovo airport

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

Interavia fleet
Aircraft Total
Tupolev Tu-154M 2
Yakovlev Yak-42 1
Ilyushin Il-62 4
Total 7

The corporation planned to buy several Italian ATR-42 40-50-seat turboprops and some Boeing aircraft.

2007 operation report
  • Passengers flown: 289,382 (increased 2.63 times as compared to 2006 – 109728 pax)
  • Freight: 3368.09 tonnes
  • Total flight time: 10546 hours (increased 94% as compared to 2006 period – 5430 hours)

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 93.
  2. "Russia suspends regional airlines". BBC News. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  3. Domodedovo International Airport – New Interavia services Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine 15 August 2006
  4. "9 Airlines Grounded Over Unpaid Debts, 'St Petersburg Times', 17 October, 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  5. (in Russian) Polet-Sirena
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