Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (russian: Авиакомпания Атлант-Союз), known as Moscow Airlines (russian: Авиакомпания Москва) during 2010-2011, was an

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based in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

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, that operated domestic and international passenger flights out of

Vnukovo International Airport Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) ( rus, links=no, Внуково, p=ˈvnukəvə) , is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow ...

from 1993 to 2011.

History

Ilyushin Il-86, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1755278

OJSC Atlant-Soyuz Airlines was founded and started operations in June 1993, offering passenger and cargo flights using

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-build aircraft. The first

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airplane was added to the fleet in 2006.Atlant-Soyuz Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
/ref> In 2007, the company was owned by private investors (75 percent) and the City of Moscow (25 percent) and had 726 employees. Initial plans for a

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with US-based cargo airline

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were brought forth in 2007, but never materialized. On 17 September 2010, the airline was rebranded as Moscow Airlines. Following this step, all Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft were removed from the fleet, marking the end of dedicated cargo flights.Moscow Airlines entry at the Aero Transport Database
/ref> On 17 January 2011, Moscow Airlines discontinued all flight activities, and the company went into liquidation.

Destinations

In December 2010, Moscow Airlines served the following scheduled destinations: *

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Ganja Airport Ganja International Airport ( az, Gəncə Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) is an airport serving Ganja

** Nakhchivan - Nakhchivan Airport *

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** Brno - Brno-Tuřany Airport *

Gelendzhik Gelendzhik (russian: Геленджи́к) is a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea, between Novorossiysk ( to the northwest) and Tuapse ( to the southeast). Greater Gelendzhik sprawls for alon ...

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hub ** Sochi -

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

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Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

** Bukhara -

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- Fergana Airport ** Samarkand - Samarkand Airport **

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Fleet

As of November 2010, Moscow Airlines operated a fleet of 8

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aircraft with an average age of 12.8 years for scheduled passenger flights. Additionally, it owned several older

Tupolev Tupolev (russian: Ту́полев, ), officially Joint Stock Company Tupolev, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow. Tupolev is successor to the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau ( OKB-156, design off ...

and Ilyushin aircraft, which mostly served on charter routes.

Aircraft gallery

File:Ilyushin Il-76TD, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1303019.jpg, An Ilyushin Il-76 approaching

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in 2007, painted in the original colors of Atlant-Soyuz. File:Atlant-Soyuz Ilyushin Il-96-400T.jpg, An Ilyushin Il-96 landing at Domodedovo International Airport in 2008, featuring the latest livery variant. File:Boeing 737-347, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1634473.jpg, A

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approaching Moscow-Vnukovo Airport in 2009. File:Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1500664.jpg, An

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at Vnukovo Airport in 2009. File:Boeing 737-8AS, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1661071.jpg, A

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approaching Vnukovo Airport in 2010. File:Tupolev Tu-154M, Atlant-Soyuz Airlines AN1994516.jpg, A

Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 (russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian ...

in 2010.

References

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