IrAero

IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.[3] It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base in Irkutsk Airport.

IrAero
ИрАэро
IATA ICAO Callsign
IO IAE IRAERO
Founded1999 (1999)
HubsIrkutsk
Focus cities
Fleet size31[1]
Destinations60[2]
HeadquartersIrkutsk, Russia
Websiteiraero.ru

History
IrAero Boeing 777-200 departing at Moscow-Domodedovo

The airline was formed in 1999 in Irkutsk, Russia.

Destinations
Main article: List of IrAero destinations

Fleet
IrAero's CRJ-200 VQ-BIY (cn 7546)

The IrAero fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of April 2019):[4][1]

IrAero fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Antonov An-24 17 — — 48 48
Antonov An-26
Boeing 777-200ER 3[5] — TBA 371 Former VIM Airlines fleet
Planned to be based in Moscow for flights to China[6][7]
Bombardier CRJ200LR 3 — — 50 50
Irkut MC-21-300 — 10 TBA To be delivered from 2019[8][9]
Launch customer[10]
Sukhoi Superjet 100 8 — 12 81 93
Total 31 10

Historical fleet

The IrAero fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of 31 March 2012):[11]

Accidents

On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk during landing at the end of a flight from Chita. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no fatalities.[12][13]

References
  1. Airline fleet of IrAero (official) Iraero.ru, retrieved on 10 September 2017
  2. IrAero official destinations IrAero.ru, retrieved on 10 Jun 2017
  3. Home page Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. IrAero. Retrieved on 6 September 2012. "Sovetskaya str 139A Irkutsk, Russia, 664009" - Address in Russian: "улица Советская, дом 139а Иркутск, Россия, 664009"
  4. Iraero fleet, planespotters.net
  5. "Production List Search". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  6. "Три самолета Boeing 777 авиакомпании "ВИМ-авиа" вернутся в Россию". ato.ru. 3 March 2018.
  7. "Новости Авиакомпания "ИрАэро" начала подготовку к полетам на Boeing 777". ato.ru. 6 December 2017.
  8. "Авиакомпания «Ираэро» и Корпорация «Иркут» заключили контракт на поставку 10 самолетов МС-21". 28 August 2013.
  9. ""ИрАэро" в 2019 году планирует получить 10 самолетов МС-21". tass.ru. 17 July 2017.
  10. https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/62885-russias-iraero-named-as-mc-21-launch-operator
  11. http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&where=108596&luck=
  12. Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011). "Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  13. Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г. (in Russian). Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor). 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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