RusAir

AtlasJet
Founded	1994
Hubs	Sheremetyevo International Airport
Fleet size	2
Parent company	Clintondale Aviation (100%)
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia

RusAir Tupolev Tu-134, St Petersburg, 2001

Atlas jet (ex-Rusair) is an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provides charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services.

History

The airline was established on 30 November 1994 and started operations in 1994. It was formerly known as CGI Aero. It was 100% owned by Clintondale Aviation. Following the fatal accident in 2011, its AOC license was revoked.^[1] In October 28, 2011, the airline re-opened after changing its name to "Atlasjet".

Fleet

As of June 2015 the AtlasJet fleet includes the following aircraft:

2 Sukhoi Superjet 100

Accidents and incidents

On June 20, 2011, a RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A-3K,^[2] Flight 243, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of the runway at Petrozavodsk Airport while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.^[3]

References

↑ http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=9131
↑ RA-65691
↑ "Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway". The Aviation Herald. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

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[1] ttp://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=9131

[2] RA-65691

[avherald-3] "Crash: Rusair T134 at Petrozavodsk on Jun 20th 2011, impacted road short of runway". The Aviation Herald. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.