NordStar

NordStar, officially JSC NordStar Airlines[1] (Russian: Акционерное общество «Авиакомпания «НордСтар»)[2] is a Russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport.

Nordstar
IATA ICAO Callsign
Y7 TYA TAIMYR
Founded2009 (2009)
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Fleet size11
Destinations45
Parent companyNorilsk Nickel
HeadquartersNorilsk, Russia
Key peopleS E Barbashin (General Director)
Websitewww.nordstar.ru/en/
NordStar B737-800 landing at St Petersburg

History

NordStar was founded by Norilsk Nickel and was launched on 17 December 2008, based on local Taimyr Peninsula airlines. NordStar replaced KrasAir as the biggest airline of Krasnoyarsky kray.

NordStar operated its first flight on 17 June 2009, from Norilsk to Moscow Domodedovo and Krasnoyarsk.

In 2010 and 2011, from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Norilsk, Nordstar launched flights to Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Yekatrinburg, Tomsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Baykit, Vanavara, Tungunsk, Turukhansk, Severo-Eniseysk, Igarka, Dushanbe and Tashkent.

NordStar plans to develop a passenger loyalty program and extend its route network.

Codeshare Agreements

Destinations
NordStar Boeing 737-800 in 2019 Winter Universiade livery

This is a list of cities NordStar flies to (as of December 2015).

Main article: List of NordStar destinations

Fleet

As of August 2019, the NordStar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[3]

NordStar fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 42-500 4 — 0 46 46 1 stored
Boeing 737-300 1 — 0 148 148 Leased from Nordavia.
Boeing 737-800 6 — 10 162 172 2 stored
6 174 180
Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 3 6 174 180
Total 11 3

References
  1. https://www.nordstar.ru/en/about/company/
  2. http://www.favt.ru/dejatelnost-aviakompanii-reestr-komercheskie-perevozki/
  3. "NordStar Fleet". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
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