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Astrakhan Airlines was an

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based in

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

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. It operated scheduled and chartered, domestic and international passenger and cargo flights out of

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, Astrakhan.

History

Astrakhan Airlines was established in 1994 and was owned by the Board of Directors (65%), the local Concrete Structures Plant (a

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subsidiary) (25%) and employees and investors (10%). In 2005, the airline was shut down.Astrakhan Airlines at airlineupdate.com

Services

Upon closure, Astrakhan Airlines operated scheduled flights to the following destinations: *Domestic scheduled destinations:

and

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. *International scheduled destinations:

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and

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Fleet

The Astrakhan Airlines fleet consisted of only one

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aircraft.

References

Defunct airlines of Russia Airlines disestablished in 2005 Airlines established in 1994 1994 establishments in Russia Companies based in Astrakhan Oblast {{Russia-airline-stub