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
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleGen. Director Vladimir N. Gloshkin
Websitehttp://www.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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