List of defunct airlines of Russia
This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia.[1]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise | UKU | PYSHMA | 1993 | 2011 | |||
| 61 Vozdushnaya Armiya | 1998 | 2009 | Rebranded as Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsiya | ||||
| Aviaprima | J5 | PRL | 1993 | 1999 | Merged with Aerolat and Chernomor-Union to form Chernomor-Avia | ||
| Adygea Airlines | MKP | 1997 | 2005 | ||||
| Aero Rent | ![]() |
PC | NRO | AEROMASTER | 1995 | 2011 | |
| Aeroflot-Cargo | ![]() |
SU | RCF | AEROFLOT CARGO | 2005 | 2009 | Rolled back into Aeroflot |
| Aeroflot-Don | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | 2000 | 2009 | Reverted to Donavia | |
| Aeroflot-Nord | ![]() |
5N | AVL | DVINA | 2004 | 2009 | Rebranded as Nordavia |
| Aeroflot-Plus | ![]() |
P3 | PLS | AEROPLUS | 1992 | 2010 | Rebranded as Jetalliance East |
| Aerofreight Airlines | ![]() |
RS | FRT | 1997 | 2003 | ||
| Aerokuzbass | ![]() |
NKZ | 1999 | 2006 | Shut down after management was caught smuggling goods to Iran[2] | ||
| Aerotex Airlines | 1999 | 2013 | Rebranded as RusLine | ||||
| AeroVolga | ![]() |
VOG | 1993 | 1999 | Merged into Samara Airlines | ||
| Air Bashkortostan | ![]() |
ZU | BBT | AGYDAL | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Air Samara | 2010 | 2014 | |||||
| AiRUnion | ![]() |
2005 | 2008 | ||||
| Air Volga | ![]() |
G6 | WLG | GOUMRAK | 2008 | 2010 | Acquired by RusLine, name used for RusLine's regional flights |
| Airlines 400 | ![]() |
VAZ | 1999 | 2007 | Rebranded as Red Wings Airlines | ||
| Airstars | ![]() |
PL | ASE | MOROZOV | 1997 | 2011 | |
| Ak Bars Aero | 2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | ||
| Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines | ![]() |
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| AIS Airlines | AIS | 1992 | 1999 | ||||
| AJT Air International | ![]() |
E9 | TRJ | 1992 | 2003 | ||
| Ak Bars Aero | ![]() |
2B | BGM | BUGAVIA | 2010 | 2015 | |
| ALAK | ![]() |
1991 | 1999 | ||||
| Alania Airlines | ![]() |
2D | OST | ALANIA | 1996 | 2009 | Acquired by VIM Airlines |
| Airlines of Kuban | ![]() |
GW | KIL | 2004 | 2010 | Rebranded as Kuban Airlines | |
| Alliance Avia | ![]() |
NZP | 2000 | 2006 | |||
| Alpha Airlines | ![]() |
2004 | 2006 | ||||
| Alrosa-Avia | ![]() |
LRO | ALROSA | 1993 | 2008 | ||
| Amur Airlines | ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | ||||
| Arkhangelsk Airlines | ![]() |
1991 | 2004 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Nord | |||
| Astair | ZA | SUW | 1998 | 2005 | Rebranded as Interavia Airlines | ||
| Astrakhan Airlines | ![]() |
OB | ASZ | Air Astrakhan | 1994 | 2005 | |
| Atlant-Soyuz Airlines | ![]() |
7B | AYZ | ATLANT-SOYUZ | 1993 | 2010 | Rebranded as Moscow Airlines |
| Atruvera Aviation | ![]() |
AUV | Atruvera | 1992 | 2006 | ||
| Aviaarktika | 1930 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
| Aviaenergo | ![]() |
7U | ERG | AVIAENERGO | 1993 | 2011 | |
| Aviaexpresscruise | ![]() |
E6 | BKS | 1993 | 2004 | ||
| Aviakultura | 1922 | 1922 | |||||
| Avial NV | ![]() |
NVI | NEW AVIAL | 1991 | 2011 | ||
| Avianova | ![]() |
AO | NET | NOVA | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Aviapanh | ![]() |
1991 | 2011 | ||||
| Aviaprad | ![]() |
WR | VID | AVIAPRAD | 1996 | 2008 | |
| Aviast Air | ![]() |
1992 | 2009 | ||||
| Avis Amur | 2004 | 2011 | Operations suspended following crash | ||||
| Baikal Airlines | ![]() |
X3 | BKL | 1992 | 2002 | Absorbed into Siberia Airlines | |
| BAL Bashkirian Airlines | ![]() |
V9 | BTC | BASHKIRIAN | 1991 | 2007 | |
| Belgorod Air Enterprise | BED | BELGORYE | 1995 | 2005 | |||
| Bugulma Air Enterprise | ![]() |
BGM | 1995 | 2010 | Rebranded as Ak Bars Aero | ||
| Bural | ![]() |
BU | BUN | BURAL | 1993 | 2017 | Shut down due to aircraft maintenance law violations |
| Bylina | ![]() |
BYL | BYLINA | 1992 | 2014 | ||
| Bryansk Air Enterprise | BRK | Bravia | |||||
| Center-South | ![]() |
DF | CTS | CENTER-SOUTH | 1993 | 2015 | Shut down following failed inspection |
| Centre-Avia | ![]() |
J7 | CVC | AVIACENTRE | 1991 | 2010 | |
| Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise | ![]() |
H6 | CHB | 1992 | 2004 | Absorbed into S7 Airlines | |
| Cheremshanka Airlines (Cherline) | 1996 | ||||||
| Chernomor-Avia | ![]() |
CMK | Cheravia | 1994 | 2005 | ||
| Chitaavia | ![]() |
X7 | CHF | Chita | 1991 | 2006 | Acquired by VIM Airlines |
| Chuvashia Airlines | ![]() |
CBK | 1993 | 2005 | |||
| Citrus | XT | CTU | CITY WINGS | 2021 | 2022 | Plans for the new airline suspended due to sanctions against Russia. | |
| Continental Airways | ![]() |
PC | PVV | CONTAIR | 1995 | 2011 | |
| Continent | ![]() |
LK | CNE | CONTINENT | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Dagestan Airlines | ![]() |
N2 | DAG | DAGAL | 1994 | 2009 | Rebranded as South East Airlines |
| Dalavia | ![]() |
H8 | KHB | DALAVIA | 1998 | 2008 | |
| Dalstroy Aviation | 1946 | 1957 | Ceased operations in 1957 with the disbandment of Dalstroy[3] | ||||
| Dauria | 1998 | 2011 | |||||
| Deruluft | ![]() |
1922 | 1937 | German-Soviet joint airline | |||
| Dobrolet Airlines | ![]() |
G2 | DOB | DOBROLET | 1992 | 2007 | |
| Dobrolet | ![]() |
QD | DOB | DOBROLET | 2013 | 2014 | Shut down due to European Union sanctions in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 |
| Dobrolyot | 1923 | 1930 | |||||
| Domodedovo Airlines | ![]() |
E3 | DMO | DOMODEDOVO | 1992 | 2008 | |
| Donavia | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 1993 | 2000 | Rebranded as Aeroflot-Don |
| Donavia | ![]() |
D9 | DNV | DONAVIA | 2000 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya |
| East Line Airlines | ![]() |
1996 | 2004 | Rebranded as Russian Sky Airlines | |||
| Elbrus-Avia | ![]() |
NLK | 1998 | 2009 | |||
| Enkor | ![]() |
H6 | ENK | Enkor | 1997 | 2005 | Merged into Siberia Airlines |
| Eurasia Air | ![]() |
UH | EUS | 1997 | 2003 | ||
| Far East Avia | H8 | 1953 | 2008 | Rebranded as Dalavia | |||
| Far Eastern Airline | 2013 | 2013 | Rebranded as Taiga Airline | ||||
| Far Eastern Cargo Airlines | FEW | 1993 | 2000 | ||||
| Flight | 2003 | ||||||
| Globus Airlines | ![]() |
GH | GLP | GLOBUS | 2007 | 2019 | Merged into S7 Airlines |
| Grizodubova Airline | |||||||
| Gromov Air | ![]() |
GAI | 1995 | 2006 | Rebranded as Moskovia Airlines | ||
| Hamiata | Sino-Russian joint airline | ||||||
| Ilavia | ![]() |
ILV | Ilavia | 1994 | 2006 | ||
| Ilin Air Company | 2011 | ||||||
| Interavia Airlines | ![]() |
ZA | SUW | INTERAVIA | 2005 | 2008 | |
| Irkutskavia | ![]() |
2003 | 2011 | Merged into Angara Airlines | |||
| Iron Dragonfly | F7 | IDF | 1993 | 2003 | |||
| IRS Aero | ![]() |
5R | LDF | 1994 | 2003 | Shut down following crash | |
| Jet Air Group | ![]() |
JSI | 2006 | 2009 | Rebranded as PremierAvia | ||
| Junkers Luftverkehr Russia | 1923 | 1924 | |||||
| Kaliningradavia | ![]() |
KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 1976 | 2005 | Rebranded as KD Avia |
| KAPO Avia | ![]() |
G7 | KAO | KAZAVIA | 2001 | 2015 | |
| Karat | ![]() |
V2 | AKT | Aviakarat | 1993 | 2007 | |
| Katekavia | ![]() |
ZF | KTK | Katekavia | 1995 | 2015 | Rebranded as Azur Air |
| Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) | ![]() |
KV | MVD | AIR MINVODY | 1995 | 2011 | |
| KD Avia | ![]() |
KD | KNI | KALININGRAD AIR | 2005 | 2009 | |
| Khantyavia | |||||||
| Khakasia Airlines | BKN | 1993 | 2003 | Merged into Vladivostok Air | |||
| Kirov Air Enterprise | ![]() |
KTA | 1992 | 2012 | |||
| KNG Transavia | CGT | 1994 | 2009 | ||||
| Kolavia | ![]() |
1993 | 2012 | Rebranded as Metrojet | |||
| Komiavia | ![]() |
1991 | 1997 | ||||
| Komiinteravia | ![]() |
8J | KMV | KOMIINTER | 1996 | 2006 | Rebranded as UTair Express |
| Korsar | 1991 | 1999 | |||||
| Koryak Air Enterprise | ![]() |
1956 | 2010 | Merged into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise | |||
| KrasAir | ![]() |
7B | KJC | KRASNOYARSK AIR | 1993 | 2008 | |
| Krylo Airlines | K9 | KRI | KRYLO | 1991 | 2003 | ||
| Kuban Airlines | ![]() |
GW | KIL | AIR KUBAN | 2010 | 2012 | Went bankrupt |
| Magas | ![]() |
KCM | 2007 | 2009 | |||
| MAVIAL Magadan Airlines | ![]() |
H5 | MVL | MAVIAL | 1992 | 2006 | |
| Metrojet | ![]() |
7K | KGL | KOGALYM | 2012 | 2015 | Went bankrupt following the destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268 |
| Mordovia Airlines | ![]() |
1992 | 2013 | Shut down due to safety violations | |||
| Moscow Airlines | 7B | MOA | MOSCOW AIRLINES | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Moscow Airways | ![]() |
M8 | MSC | AIR MOSCOW | 1991 | 1996 | Ceased operations following crash |
| Moskovia Airlines | ![]() |
3R | GAI | GROMOV AIRLINE | 2006 | 2014 | |
| Murmansk Air Company | 2009 | ||||||
| Murmansk Airlines | ![]() |
MNK | 1993 | 2001 | |||
| Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportati | ![]() |
NFT | 1975 | 2013 | Rebranded as UTair Helicopter Services | ||
| Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise | 1992 | ||||||
| Northwest Air Base | ![]() |
1974 | 2014 | ||||
| Novgorodavia | ![]() |
1994 | 2006 | ||||
| Novosibirsk Air Enterprise | ![]() |
NBE | NAKAIR | 1995 | 2011 | ||
| Omskavia | ![]() |
N3 | OMS | OMSK | 1994 | 2008 | |
| Orel Avia | ![]() |
R6 | UVL | 1991 | 1997 | Merged into Vnukovo Airlines | |
| Orenair | ![]() |
R2 | ORB | ORENBURG | 2006 | 2016 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines |
| Orenburg Airlines | ![]() |
R2 | ORB | 1993 | 2006 | Rebranded as Orenair | |
| Orient Avia | V6 | ORT | 1994 | 1997 | |||
| PANH | PA | PAN | PANH | 2013 | 2016 | Fall in demand | |
| Perm Airlines | ![]() |
P9 | PGP | PERM AIR | 1995 | 2008 | |
| Polet Flight | ![]() |
YQ | POT | POLET | 1989 | 2014 | |
| Polyarnya Aviatsiya | 1932 | 1960 | Absorbed into Aeroflot | ||||
| Primair | PMM | 1998 | 2005 | ||||
| Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise | ![]() |
FV | PLK | Pulkovo | 1995 | 2006 | Merged into Rossiya Airlines |
| RDS Avia | ![]() |
1993 | 1994 | ||||
| Region Avia | ![]() |
L3 | 2005 | 2011 | |||
| Remex | 1997 | 2001 | |||||
| Rosneft-Baltika | 1997 | 2007 | |||||
| Russ Air Transport Company | 1999 | 2001 | |||||
| Russian Post Airlines | 2004 | 2006 | |||||
| Russian Sky Airlines | ![]() |
P7 | ESL | RADUGA | 2004 | 2014 | Went bankrupt |
| Ryazanaviatrans | ![]() |
RYZ | RYAZAN | 1995 | 2011 | ||
| S-Air | ![]() |
RLS | 1998 | 2009[4] | AOC Revoked Following Crash | ||
| Sakha Avia | ![]() |
K7 | IKT | SAKHAAVIA | 1993 | 2003 | Rebranded as Yakutia Airlines |
| Samara Airlines | ![]() |
E5 | BRZ | BERYOZA | 1993 | 2008 | |
| Saravia | ![]() |
6W | SOV | 1995 | 2013 | Rebranded as Saratov Airlines | |
| Saratov Airlines | ![]() |
6W | SOV | SARATOV AIR | 2013 | 2018 | AOC revoked following crash |
| SAT Airlines | ![]() |
HZ | SHU | SATAIR | 1992 | 2013 | Merged with Vladivostok Air to form Aurora |
| Saturn Aviakompania | RMO | 2001 | 2009 | ||||
| Sayany Airlines | NVI | UIIISYL | 1998 | 2002 | The airline was based in Irkutsk and Chita. | ||
| ShaNS Air | SNF | 1993 | 2007[5] | ||||
| Sibaviatrans | ![]() |
5M | SIB | Sibavia | 1995 | 2008 | |
| Siberian Airlines | ![]() |
S7 | SBI | 1992 | 1996 | Rebranded as S7 Airlines | |
| Siblyot | |||||||
| Sirair | |||||||
| Sir Aero | SRN | 1995 | 2007 | ||||
| Skol Airlines | CDV | SKOL | 2000 | 2022 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Sky Express | ![]() |
XW | SXR | SKYSTORM | 2006 | 2011 | Acquired by Kuban Airlines |
| Skynet | 2010 | 2013 | |||||
| South East Airlines | ![]() |
N2 | DAG | 2009 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | |
| Spark+ | 1998 | 2006 | |||||
| Specavia Air Company | 1997 | 2006 | |||||
| Surgut Avia | 1993 | 1994 | Merged into Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | ||||
| Stigl | STIGL | 1992 | 1996 | Flag carrier of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | |||
| Tambov-Avia | 1993 | 2009 | |||||
| Tatarstan Airlines | ![]() |
U9 | TAK | TATARSTAN | 2000 | 2013 | AOC revoked following crash |
| Tatneftaero | 1997 | 2010 | |||||
| TESIS Aviation Enterprise | UZ | TIS | TESIS | 1992 | 2008 | ||
| Titan Cargo | TIT | 1995 | 2000 | ||||
| Tomsk Avia | ![]() |
TSK | TOMSK-AVIA | 1992 | 2015 | ||
| Touch and Go Airlines | EC | TUG | 1993 | 1995 | |||
| Trans-Charter Airlines | FZ | TCH | 1994 | 1999 | |||
| Transaero | ![]() |
UN | TSO | TRANSOVIET | 1991 | 2015 | Went bankrupt |
| Transair-Gyraintiee | KTS | KOTAIR | 1996 | 2010 | |||
| Transaviatsiya | 1930 | 1932 | |||||
| Transeuropean Airlines | ![]() |
UE | TEP | TRANSEURLINE | 1996 | 2001 | |
| Tretyakovo Air Transport | TKO | 1997 | 2002 | ||||
| Tulpar Air | ![]() |
TUL | 1991 | 2014 | Grounded following failed inspection | ||
| Tuva Airlines | AIR TYVA | 1992 | 2016 | Went bankrupt | |||
| Tyumenaviatrans Aviation | ![]() |
7M | TYM | 1992 | 2003 | Rebranded as UTair Aviation | |
| Uraiavia | URV | URAI | 1993 | 2011 | |||
| Uralinteravia | ![]() |
U3 | URA | 1992 | 1996 | ||
| UTair Aviation | ![]() |
UT | UTA | UTAIR | 1991 | 2017 | Rebranded as Utair |
| UTair Express | ![]() |
UR | UTX | 2006 | 2015 | ||
| VASO Airlines | ![]() |
2Z | VSO | 1993 | 2007 | ||
| VIM Airlines | NN | MOV | MOV AIR | 2000 | 2017 | ||
| VIM-Aviaservice | 2004 | 2008 | |||||
| Vladikavkaz Air Enterprise | OSV | 1995 | 1999 | ||||
| Vladivostok Air | ![]() |
XF | VLK | VLADAIR | 1994 | 2014 | Merged with SAT Airlines to form Aurora |
| Vnukovo Airlines | ![]() |
V5 | VKO | VNUKOVO | 1994 | 2001 | Merged into Siberian Airlines |
| Volga-Aviaexpress | ![]() |
G6 | WLG | 1992 | 2008 | Rebranded as Air Volga | |
| Voronezhavia | ZT | VRN | VORONEZHAVIA | 1994 | 2009 | Taken over by Polet Flight | |
| Vyborg | ![]() |
VBG | 2002 | 2010 | Rebranded as Solaris Airlines | ||
| Yak-Service | AKY | YAK-SERVICE | 1993 | 2011 | AOC revoked following crash | ||
| Yakutsk Airlines | ![]() |
KUT | 1999 | 2003 | Merged into Yakutia Airlines | ||
| Zapolyariye Airlines | ![]() |
PZY | ZAPOLOYAR | 2007 | 2010 | ||
| Zonalnoye Air Enterprise | DF | 1992 | 2017 |
See also
References
- ^ [1] ch-aviation.ch
- ^ ""АэроКузбасс" попался на контрабанде. В крупном размере". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ М. V. Tretyakov. The Development of Air Transport in Dalstroy in 1932–1957, in Вестник Университета Дмитрия Пожарского. 2016, No1(3). p. 192-209(in Russian)
- ^ "Росавиация аннулировала сертификат эксплуатанта ЗАО "Авиакомпания "С-Эйр"". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "ShaNS Air - ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation. Retrieved 24 April 2015.







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