Region Avia

Region Avia
Регион-Авиа
IATA ICAO Call sign
RK — —
Founded2005
Commenced operations2006
Ceased operations2011
Operating basesDomodedovo International Airport
Bykovo Airport
Fleet size16
Destinations12 (in 2009)
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleDenis Pavshinsky (CEO)
Websitewww.regionavia.ru
Region Avia logo in Russian.

Region Avia (Russian: Регион-Авиа), also styled Region-Avia or Region Avia Airlines, was a regional airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Domodedovo International Airport, and chartered services out of Bykovo Airport.[1]

History

Region Avia was registered in Moscow in 2005, as a company which was to 52% owned by (unnamed) Russian citizens and had an initial funding of $50 million.[2] It received its Air Operator's Certificate on 19 August 2006.[3] The last scheduled flight (from Tambov to Moscow) took place on 31 December 2010,[4] and the company was dissolved in early 2011.[5]

Destinations

At its height in 2009, Region Avia operated scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:[1]

Between 2007 and 2008, Region-Avia had offered flights from Yekaterinburg to Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Nyagan on behalf of Aviaprad.[2]

Fleet

The Region Avia Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:[2]

The company had plans to acquire a fleet of up to 50 foreign-made aircraft (either ATR 42, ATR 72 or Bombardier Dash 8) by 2012.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b News on Region Avia at ch-aviation.ch
  2. ^ a b c "New Regional Airline Emerging". Kommersant. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  3. ^ Region Avia official website Archived 2009-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Region Avia online timetable
  5. ^ Region Avia listed as defunct at airlinehistory.co.uk Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Region-Avia". Airliner World. August 2007. p. 13.
  7. ^ "New Russian Regional Emerging". Alternative Airlines. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
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