List of defunct airlines of Russia

This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia. ch-aviation.ch

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commencedoperations CeasedoperationsNotes 2nd Sverdlovsk Air EnterpriseUKUPYSHMA19932011 61 Vozdushnaya Armiya 19982009Rebranded as Voyennaya Transportnaya AviatsiyaAviaprimaJ5PRL19931999Merged with Aerolat and Chernomor-Union to form Chernomor-Avia Adygea AirlinesMKP19972005 Aero RentPCNROAEROMASTER19952011 Aeroflot-CargoSURCFAEROFLOT CARGO20052009Rolled back into Aeroflot Aeroflot-DonD9DNV20002009Reverted to Donavia Aeroflot-Nord5NAVLDVINA20042009Rebranded as Nordavia Aeroflot-PlusP3PLSAEROPLUS19922010Rebranded as Jetalliance East Aerofreight AirlinesRSFRT19972003 AerokuzbassNKZ19992006Shut down after management was caught smuggling goods to Iran Aerotex Airlines19992013Rebranded as RusLine AeroVolgaVOG19931999Merged into Samara Airlines Air BashkortostanZUBBTAGYDAL20062013 Air Samara 20102014 AiRUnion20052008 Air VolgaG6WLGGOUMRAK20082010Acquired by RusLine, name used for RusLine's regional flights Airlines 400VAZ19992007Rebranded as Red Wings Airlines AirstarsPLASEMOROZOV19972011Airstan19942002 Ak Bars Aero 2BBGMBUGAVIA20102015 Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines AIS Airlines AIS19921999 AJT Air InternationalE9TRJ19922003 Ak Bars Aero2BBGMBUGAVIA20102015 ALAK19911999 Alania Airlines2DOSTALANIA19962009Acquired by VIM Airlines Airlines of KubanGWKIL20042010Rebranded as Kuban Airlines Alliance AviaNZP20002006 Alpha Airlines20042006 Alrosa-AviaLROALROSA19932008 Amur Airlines20072010 Angara Airlines 2G 477 AGU 2000 2025 Arkhangelsk Airlines19912004Rebranded as Aeroflot-Nord AstairZASUW19982005Rebranded as Interavia Airlines Astrakhan AirlinesOBASZAir Astrakhan19942005 Atlant-Soyuz Airlines7BAYZATLANT-SOYUZ19932010Rebranded as Moscow Airlines Atruvera AviationAUVAtruvera19922006 Aviaarktika19301960Absorbed into Aeroflot Aviaenergo7UERGAVIAENERGO19932011 AviaexpresscruiseE6BKS19932004 Aviakultura 19221922 Avial NVNVINEW AVIAL19912011 AvianovaAONETNOVA20092011 Aviapanh19912011 AviapradWRVIDAVIAPRAD19962008 Aviast Air19922009 Avis Amur20042011Operations suspended following crash Baikal AirlinesX3BKL19922002Absorbed into Siberia Airlines BAL Bashkirian AirlinesV9BTCBASHKIRIAN19912007 Belgorod Air EnterpriseBEDBELGORYE19952005 Bugulma Air EnterpriseBGM19952010Rebranded as Ak Bars Aero BuralBUBUNBURAL19932017Shut down due to aircraft maintenance law violations BylinaBYLBYLINA19922014Bryansk Air EnterpriseBRKBravia Center-SouthDFCTSCENTER-SOUTH19932015Shut down following failed inspection Centre-AviaJ7CVCAVIACENTRE19912010 Chelyabinsk Air EnterpriseH6CHB19922004Absorbed into S7 Airlines Cheremshanka Airlines (Cherline) 1996 Chernomor-AviaCMKCheravia19942005 ChitaaviaX7CHFChita19912006Acquired by VIM Airlines Chuvashia AirlinesCBK19932005 CitrusXTCTUCITY WINGS20212022Plans for the new airline suspended due to sanctions against Russia. Continental AirwaysPCPVVCONTAIR19952011 ContinentLKCNECONTINENT20092011 Dagestan AirlinesN2DAGDAGAL19942009Rebranded as South East Airlines DalaviaH8KHBDALAVIA19982008 Dalstroy Aviation19461957Ceased operations in 1957 with the disbandment of DalstroyМ. V. Tretyakov. The Development of Air Transport in Dalstroy in 1932–1957, in Вестник Университета Дмитрия Пожарского. 2016, No1(3). p. 192-209 Dauria19982011 Deruluft19221937German-Soviet joint airline Dobrolet AirlinesG2DOBDOBROLET19922007 DobroletQDDOBDOBROLET20132014Shut down due to European Union sanctions in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Dobrolyot19231930 Domodedovo AirlinesE3DMODOMODEDOVO19922008 DonaviaD9DNVDONAVIA19932000Rebranded as Aeroflot-Don DonaviaD9DNVDONAVIA20002016Merged into Rossiya East Line Airlines19962004Rebranded as Russian Sky Airlines Elbrus-AviaNLK19982009 EnkorH6ENKEnkor19972005Merged into Siberia Airlines Eurasia AirUHEUS19972003 Far East Avia H819532008Rebranded as Dalavia Far Eastern Airline 20132013Rebranded as Taiga Airline Far Eastern Cargo Airlines FEW19932000 Flight 2003 Globus Airlines GH GLP GLOBUS 20072019Merged into S7 Airlines Grizodubova Airline Gromov AirGAI19952006Rebranded as Moskovia Airlines Hamiata Sino-Russian joint airline IlaviaILVIlavia19942006 Ilin Air Company 2011 Interavia AirlinesZASUWINTERAVIA20052008 Irkutskavia20032011Merged into Angara Airlines Iron Dragonfly F7IDF19932003 IRS Aero5RLDF19942003Shut down following crash Jet Air GroupJSI20062009Rebranded as PremierAvia Junkers Luftverkehr Russia 19231924 KaliningradaviaKDKNIKALININGRAD AIR19762005Rebranded as KD AviaKAPO AviaG7KAOKAZAVIA20012015 KaratV2AKTAviakarat19932007 KatekaviaZFKTKKatekavia19952015Rebranded as Azur Air Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia)KVMVDAIR MINVODY19952011 KD AviaKDKNIKALININGRAD AIR20052009 Khantyavia Khakasia Airlines BKN19932003Merged into Vladivostok Air Kirov Air EnterpriseKTA19922012 KNG Transavia CGT19942009 Kolavia19932012Rebranded as Metrojet Komiavia19911997 Komiinteravia8JKMVKOMIINTER19962006Rebranded as UTair Express Korsar 19911999 Koryak Air Enterprise19562010Merged into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise KrasAir7BKJCKRASNOYARSK AIR19932008 Krylo AirlinesK9KRIKRYLO19912003 Kuban AirlinesGWKILAIR KUBAN20102012Went bankrupt MagasKCM20072009 MAVIAL Magadan AirlinesH5MVLMAVIAL19922006 Metrojet7KKGLKOGALYM20122015Went bankrupt following the destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268 Mordovia Airlines19922013Shut down due to safety violations Moscow Airlines7BMOAMOSCOW AIRLINES20102011 Moscow AirwaysM8MSCAIR MOSCOW19911996Ceased operations following crash Moskovia Airlines3RGAIGROMOV AIRLINE20062014 Murmansk Air Company 2009 Murmansk AirlinesMNK19932001 Nefteyugansk United Airline TransportatiNFT19752013Rebranded as UTair Helicopter Services Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise1992 Northwest Air Base19742014 Novgorodavia19942006 Novosibirsk Air EnterpriseNBENAKAIR19952011 OmskaviaN3OMSOMSK19942008 Orel AviaR6UVL19911997Merged into Vnukovo Airlines OrenairR2ORBORENBURG20062016Merged into Rossiya Airlines Orenburg AirlinesR2ORB19932006Rebranded as Orenair Orient AviaV6ORT19941997 PANHPAPANPANH20132016Fall in demand Perm AirlinesP9PGPPERM AIR19952008 Polet FlightYQPOTPOLET19892014 Polyarnya Aviatsiya 19321960Absorbed into Aeroflot Primair PMM19982005 Pulkovo Aviation EnterpriseFVPLKPulkovo19952006Merged into Rossiya Airlines RDS Avia19931994 Region AviaL320052011 Remex 19972001 Rosneft-Baltika19972007 Russ Air Transport Company 19992001 Russian Post Airlines 20042006 Russian Sky AirlinesP7ESLRADUGA20042014Went bankrupt RyazanaviatransRYZRYAZAN19952011 S-AirRLS19982009AOC Revoked Following Crash Sakha AviaK7IKTSAKHAAVIA19932003Rebranded as Yakutia Airlines Samara AirlinesE5BRZBERYOZA19932008 Saravia6WSOV19952013Rebranded as Saratov Airlines Saratov Airlines6WSOVSARATOV AIR20132018AOC revoked following crash SAT AirlinesHZSHUSATAIR19922013Merged with Vladivostok Air to form Aurora Saturn Aviakompania RMO20012009 Sayany AirlinesNVIUIIISYL19982002The airline was based in Irkutsk and Chita. ShaNS Air SNF19932007 Sibaviatrans5MSIBSibavia19952008 Siberian AirlinesS7SBI19921996Rebranded as S7 Airlines Siblyot Sirair Sir Aero SRN19952007Skol AirlinesCDVSKOL20002022Went bankrupt Sky ExpressXWSXRSKYSTORM20062011Acquired by Kuban Airlines Skynet20102013 South East AirlinesN2DAG20092011AOC revoked following crash Spark+19982006 Specavia Air Company19972006 Surgut Avia 19931994Merged into Tyumenaviatrans Aviation Stigl STIGL19921996Flag carrier of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Tambov-Avia19932009 Tatarstan AirlinesU9TAKTATARSTAN20002013AOC revoked following crash Tatneftaero 19972010 TESIS Aviation EnterpriseUZTISTESIS19922008 Titan Cargo TIT19952000 Tomsk AviaTSKTOMSK-AVIA19922015 Touch and Go Airlines ECTUG19931995 Trans-Charter Airlines FZTCH19941999 TransaeroUNTSOTRANSOVIET19912015Went bankrupt Transair-Gyraintiee KTSKOTAIR19962010 Transaviatsiya 19301932 Transeuropean AirlinesUETEPTRANSEURLINE19962001 Tretyakovo Air Transport TKO19972002 Tulpar AirTUL19912014Grounded following failed inspection Tuva AirlinesAIR TYVA19922016Went bankrupt Tyumenaviatrans Aviation7MTYM19922003Rebranded as UTair Aviation Uraiavia URVURAI19932011 UralinteraviaU3URA19921996 UTair AviationUTUTAUTAIR19912017Rebranded as Utair UTair ExpressURUTX20062015 VASO Airlines2ZVSO19932007 VIM AirlinesNNMOVMOV AIR20002017 VIM-Aviaservice 20042008 Vladikavkaz Air Enterprise OSV19951999 Vladivostok AirXFVLKVLADAIR19942014Merged with SAT Airlines to form Aurora Vnukovo AirlinesV5VKOVNUKOVO19942001Merged into Siberian Airlines Volga-AviaexpressG6WLG19922008Rebranded as Air Volga VoronezhaviaZTVRNVORONEZHAVIA19942009Taken over by Polet Flight VyborgVBG20022010Rebranded as Solaris Airlines Yak-ServiceAKYYAK-SERVICE19932011AOC revoked following crash Yakutsk AirlinesKUT19992003Merged into Yakutia Airlines Zapolyariye AirlinesPZYZAPOLOYAR20072010Zonalnoye Air EnterpriseDF19922017

See also List of airlines of Russia List of airports in Russia

References

Further reading Y. Gordon-Komissarov D., Russian airlines and their aircraft, Midland Publishing (by Ian Allan), Hinckley, 2004