Rossiya Airlines

Rossiya Airlines OJSC[2] (Russian: АО «Авиакомпания „Россия“», tr. AO «Aviakompaniya „Rossiya“»), sometimes branded as Rossiya—Russian Airlines (Russian: «Россия — Российские авиалинии», tr. «Rossiya — Rossyskiye avialinii»), is a Russian airline headquartered in Saint Petersburg[4] with its hub at Pulkovo Airport with an additional hub at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow. Rossiya is majority (75%) owned by Aeroflot.[5]

Rossiya Airlines
АО «Авиакомпания „Россия“»  (Russian)
IATA ICAO Callsign
FV SDM ROSSIYA
Founded24 June 1932
as Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Commenced operations1992
as Rossiya Airlines
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programAeroflot Bonus
Fleet size58[1]
Destinations121[2]
Parent companyAeroflot
HeadquartersSaint Petersburg, Russia
Key people Sergei Aleksandrovsky CEO[3]
Employees7,100 (2017)
Websiterossiya-airlines.com

History

Pulkovo Airlines

24 June 1932 is considered to be the birthday of Pulkovo Airlines. It was on that day that its first facility, the Shosseynaya airfield was commissioned, with the first two airplanes with passengers and mail from Moscow landing on its ground. By 1941 Moscow-Leningrad became a regular passenger line, previously being a mail/passenger line. After the war, operations started in January 1948. In January 1963 all sub-units of Leningrad's airmen were united into Leningrad United Air Unit. By the order of the Director, Air Transport Dept. of the RF Ministry of Transport, the Leningrad United Air Unit was renamed Pulkovo Airlines in 1992.[6]

Airline Rossiya and merger with Pulkovo Airlines
A now-retired Rossiya Tu-134A-3 in the old livery at Pulkovo Airport

The airline Rossiya was established in 1992 and was wholly owned by the Russian government. In the early 2000s the Russian government decided to merge Rossiya Airlines with Pulkovo Airlines. The merger process began in December 2004.[7] In November 2006 it was announced that the merger had been completed and Rossiya Airlines was registered in Saint Petersburg on 9 October 2006 and has a branch in Moscow and 54 offices in Russia and abroad.[8]

Merger with Aeroflot
The current head office of Rossiya Airlines

In February 2010, the Russian government announced that all state-owned regional airlines managed by holding company Rostec would be consolidated into flag carrier Aeroflot to increase financial viability.[9] On 28 January 2011 "Rossiya Аirlines" open joint stock company was established in St. Petersburg. The airline has operated flights under Aeroflot's ICAO code designation "SUxxxx" since 30 March 2014.[10]

Merger with Donavia and Orenair

In December 2015 Aeroflot Group announced the unification of its regional airline affiliates Rossiya, Donavia (based at Rostov-on-Don Airport[11]) and Orenair (with hubs at Orenburg Tsentralny Airport and Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport[12]) under the name Rossiya (the name of the largest of the three). The consolidation excluded Aurora, a small airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[13] Rossiya, Donavia and Orenair served 48 domestic and 42 international destinations; the new Rossiya will add some destinations served by Transaero Airlines prior to its collapse in October.[14] As of end of February 2016 the merger of the three airlines was completed and joined flights of three airlines started on 27 March of the same year.[15]

Destinations
Main article: List of Rossiya destinations

Arising from the merger with Pulkovo Airlines, the bulk of the scheduled service operation is from Russia's second-largest city, St Petersburg, where Pulkovo was the dominant airline, and Rossiya continues to be. Operations based in Moscow are predominantly non-scheduled ones for state organisations, or flights operated on behalf of Aeroflot; Rossiya continues Pulkovo's lead role on the Moscow-St Petersburg route.

As of June 2020, Rossiya Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[16]

Fleet
Rossiya Airlines Airbus A319-100
Rossiya Airlines Boeing 777-300

As of May 2020, the Rossiya Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1]

Rossiya Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
F B E Total
Airbus A319-100 20 — — 8 120 128[17]
Airbus A320-200 6 — — 12 156 168[18]
Boeing 737-800 1 — — 12 162 174[19]
12 — 189 189[19]
Boeing 747-400 1 — 12 26 411 449[20] EI-XLD painted in a special tiger livery
5 — 12 510 522[20]
3 12 525 537[20]
Boeing 777-300 5 — 4 14 355 373[21] EI-UNP painted in a special Far Eastern leopard livery
Boeing 777-300ER 5 — — 21 436 457[21]
Total 58 —

Trivia

References
  1. "Aircraft". Rossiya. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. rossiya-airlines.com - About us retrieved 2016-09-19
  3. (in Russian) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 1 June 2007, p. 370
  4. "STC Russia." Rossiya. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "Rossiya is located in St. Petersburg..." and "Petersburg: Pilotov str., 18/4." – "ГТК "Россия"." – Address in Russian: Санкт-Петербург: ул. Пилотов, 18/4
  5. "Aeroflot Annual Report 2017" (PDF). ir.aeroflot.com. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. "History of Pulkovo". Rossiya Airlines press.
  7. Flight International 12–18 April 2005
  8. UzReport Archived 2006-11-25 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 25 November 2006
  9. "Russia to corporatize Rossiya air carrier, merge with Aeroflot | Business | RIA Novosti". En.rian.ru. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  10. "Rossiya Airlines to operate flights under Aeroflot's SU code". Air Transport World. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  11. Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 122
  12. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 59.
  13. "Contacts." Aurora. Retrieved on 16 July 2016. "693023, Russia, Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalisnk, Gorkogo Str. 50-а" - Address in Russian: "693023, Россия, Сахалинская область, г. Южно-Сахалинск, ул. Горького д. 50-а"
  14. "airline.ee". www.airline.ee. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  15. Все московские рейсы Orenair и Донавиа переводятся во Внуково
  16. "Rossiya Airlines codeshare agreement list". routesonline.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  17. "Airbus A319" (PDF). Rossiya. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  18. "Airbus A320" (PDF). Rossiya. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  19. "Boeing 737-800" (PDF). Rossiya. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  20. "Boeing 747-400" (PDF). Rossiya. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  21. "Boeing 777-300" (PDF). Rossiya. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

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