Tuesday, November 14, 2017

AZIMUTH AIRLINES- NEW RUSSIAN CARRIER

AZIMUTH AIRLINES




AZIMUTH AIRLINES  is one of the newest Russian carrier. Since September 2017  , it graces the skies of Russia with a fleet of SUKHOI SSJ 100 fitted with 103 seats

SSJ100 AZIMUTH AIRLINES.FACEBOOK/CHINA AVIATION DAILY



 
SSJ100 -AZIMUTH AIRLINES-Source  ATO.RU



The frames were leased through the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) and AZIMUTH took an option on 8 more frames . The total fleet is expected to reach 22 frames in 2022

The company is headquartered at Rostov on Don . The company has been established in february 2017 after the merger of Donavia and Rossiya Airines took place . Although Rossiya Airlines continued to serve Rostov-On-Don. The city and the region lost its "national" airline 

The company got its AOC (Air Operator's Certificate) on August 18, 2017 and commenced its  operation on  September 2017 with first flights to Vnukovo Airport

According to ATO.RU the company is expected to break-even within  3 years and expexpects to carry bteween 2 and 3,000,000 passengers ( DONAVIA carried 1,475,000 in 2015)

The Airline will move its operations to the new Platov Interntional Airport (November-December 2017)


DESTINATION MAP

Azimuth airlines serves 8 destinations from SaintPetersburg to Makhachkala Uytash  Airport  (Dagestan republic).

The total length of its network is 13761 km as of November 15.2017


AZIMUTH AIRLINES NETWORK-11/2017
 

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