RusLine (, Aviakompanija «RusLajn») is a regional airline from Russia that operates mostly domestic regional flights, as well as holiday charters. Its headquarters are located in the Omega Plaza (Омега Плаза) business centre in Moscow, Russia."КОНТАКТЫ." RusLine. Retrieved on 21 June 2011. "КОНТАКТЫ ГОЛОВНОЙ ОФИС Адрес: 115280, г. Москва, ул. Ленинская слобода, д.19, бизнес-центр «Омега Плаза»" , the airline is banned from flying into the EU like all other Russian airlines.
History
The company was founded in 1999 as Aerotex Airlines and was originally based at Sheremetyevo International Airport. In March 2013, it was renamed RusLine, which coincided with a move to Vnukovo International Airport shortly after.
On 1 April 2010, RusLine acquired the assets and brand name of bankrupt Air Volga. This included six Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft, and Air Volga's base at Volgograd International Airport.
Originally, the airline operated several ageing Soviet-built aircraft. The first Western airliner, a 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100, was introduced with RusLine in February 2008. Over the following years, further planes of that type (all of which had been acquired second-hand) were added. In April 2012, RusLine took delivery of two larger Airbus A319 aircraft formerly owned by easyJet in order to address the growing demand for charter flights.
Destinations , RusLine operates scheduled flights to the following destinations. CountryRegionCityAirportNotesAqtobe RegionAqtobeAliya Moldagulova International AirportMangystau RegionAqtauAqtau International AirportBeirut GovernorateBeirutBeirut–Rafic Hariri International AirportCentral Anatolia RegionAnkaraAnkara Esenboğa AirportMarmara RegionIstanbulIstanbul AirportArkhangelskVaskovo AirportTalagi AirportUfaMustai Karim Ufa International AirportBelgorodBelgorod International AirportUlan-UdeBaikal International AirportChelyabinskKurchatov Chelyabinsk International AirportMakhachkalaUytash AirportIrkutskInternational Airport IrkutskIvanovoIvanovo Yuzhny AirportElistaElista AirportKalugaGrabtsevo AirportPetrozavodskBesovets AirportBeloyarskyBeloyarsk AirportKhanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk AirportKirovPobedilovo AirportVorkutaVorkuta AirportSyktyvkarSyktyvkar AirportGelendzhikGelendzhik AirportKrasnodarPashkovsky AirportSochiAdler-Sochi International AirportLipetskLipetsk AirportYoshkar-OlaYoshkar-Ola AirportSaranskSaransk AirportMoscowVnukovo International AirportZhukovsky International AirportNaryan-MarNaryan-Mar AirportNovosibirskTolmachevo AirportPenzaPenza Vissarion Belinsky AirportMineralnye VodyMineralnye Vody AirportSaint PetersburgPulkovo AirportSamaraKurumoch International AirportSaratovSaratov Gagarin AirportYekaterinburgKoltsovo AirportTambovTambov Donskoye AirportKazanĞabdulla Tuqay Kazan International AirportNaberezhnye ChelnyNizhnekamskBegishevo AirportIzhevskIzhevsk AirportUlyanovskUlyanovsk Baratayevka AirportVolgogradGumrak AirportVoronezhChertovitskoye AirportNadymNadym AirportSalekhardSalekhard AirportYaroslavlGolden Ring Yaroslavl International AirportAbkhaziaAbkhaziaSukhumiVladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport
Fleet
Current fleet , RusLine operates the following aircraft: + RusLine fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotesBombardier CRJ1005—50Bombardier CRJ2004—50Total9—
Historic fleet Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:
AircraftIntroducedRetiredAirbus A319-10020122013Embraer EMB 120 BrasiliaAviaPort digest (in Russian)20112015Tupolev Tu-13419972011Yakovlev Yak-4019972011
Accidents and incidents On 20 June 2011, 47 people died in the crash of Flight 243. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134 (registered RA-65691) had been leased by RusLine from RusAir and was approaching Petrozavodsk Airport, completing a flight from Moscow-Domodedovo. Due to poor visibility conditions, the pilots were unaware that they descended too rapidly, so that the aircraft struck trees and impacted on a highway. There were five survivors.
References
External links
Official website