ALROSA (airline)
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 49 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | ALROSA | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mirny, Russia | ||||||
| Website | http://www.alrosa.aero | ||||||
CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (Russian: ЗАО "Авиакомпания АЛРОСА"), formerly Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise (Alrosa Air Company Limited) is an airline from Mirny, Russia. Its bases are at Mirny Airport and Polyarny Airport, with a focus city at Lensk Airport. The airline operates scheduled and chartered domestic flights.
History
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise was founded by the Russian mining company ALROSA (ALmazy ROssil SAkha). A sister company is the Moscow-based VIP passenger charter services airline Alrosa Avia.
Destinations
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia (as of December 2015):[1]
- Lensk – Lensk Airport focus city
- Mirny – Mirny Airport base
- Udachny – Polyarny Airport base
- Yakutsk – Yakutsk Airport
Fleet
The Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2015):[2][3]
| Aircraft | Number in fleet | Notes |
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| Mi-8 | 25 | |
| Mi-26 | 1 | |
| An-2 | 6 | |
| An-24 | 4 | |
| An-26 | 2 | |
| An-38-100 | 1 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 3 | Leased from Yakutia Airlines. All in new livery |
| Tu-134 | 1 | To be phased out |
| Tu-154M | 4 | To be phased out in 2016 (possible SSJ100 change). One aircraft Wears new livery. |
| Il-76ТD | 2 | The only cargo aircraft |
Accidents and incidents
On 7 September 2010, Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514, operated by Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85684 suffered a complete in-flight electrical failure. A successful emergency landing was made at the closed Izhma Airport but the aircraft overran the overgrown runway and was substantially damaged. All 81 people on board escaped uninjured. The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Polyarny Airport, Udachny to Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Расписание". Мирнинское авиационное предприятие. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ http://www.aviapages.ru/airlines/1418/
- ↑ http://www.rough-polished.com/en/news/73639.html
- ↑ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Alrosa Mirny T154 at Izhma on Sep 7th 2010, loss of electrics and landing on helicopter platform". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ "Lucky Tu-154 crash landing in Komi". BarentsObserver. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "Pilots Called Heroes After Crash Landing". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
External links
Media related to Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise at Wikimedia Commons