Natalia Valerievna Fileva ( rus, Наталия Валерьевна Филёва; 27 November 1963 – 31 March 2019) was a Russian businesswoman and chairman of the board of directors of
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines, legally JSC Siberia Airlines (russian: АО «Авиакомпания "Сибирь"», "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. As of 2008, it was Russia's ...
. In 2018, ''
Forbes
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'' listed her as the 4th richest woman in Russia, with a worth estimated at .
Biography
Born in
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...
, Fileva graduated from the
Novosibirsk State Technical University
Novosibirsk State Technical University (Abbreviation: NSTU), until 1992 the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute (NETI), is one of the major research and educational centers of Russia as well as one of the top technical universities located in ...
with a degree in radio engineering and the
with a degree in production management.
Fileva was married to Vladislav Filev, general director of S7 Airlines. They had three children. On 31 March 2019, she was a passenger on an
Epic LT
The Epic LT is an American kit-built single-engined turboprop aircraft intended for use by private pilots. The Epic Dynasty was the proposed certified version of the LT that was intended be sold as a completed aircraft, prior to Epic Aircraft' ...
, when it crashed in a field on approach to
Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport
Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport (german: Flugplatz Frankfurt-Egelsbach) is a general aviation airport located near Egelsbach, a town in the German state of Hesse. It is located southeast of Frankfurt Airport.
History
The airport was opened in 1 ...
, killing all the three people aboard, including her father. Fileva was en route to a medical appointment in Frankfurt from France when the crash occurred. Also, two other people died when a police vehicle travelling to the scene of the crash collided with another car near the airport. The three police officers in the police car suffered serious injuries.
Natalia Fileva: Russia airline co-owner dies in private plane crash
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References
External links
«Она построила лучший авиационный бизнес в стране»: жизнь и принципы Наталии Филевой. Forbes Russia.
1 April 2019.
1963 births
2019 deaths
Chief executives in the airline industry
Businesspeople from Novosibirsk
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2019
Novosibirsk State Technical University alumni
Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management alumni
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