Orenair

Orenair (Orenburg Airlines)
ORENAIR — Оренбургские авиалинии
IATA ICAO Callsign
R2[1] ORB[1] ORENBURG[1]
Founded 1992
Ceased operations 2016 (merged to Rossyia)
Hubs Orenburg Tsentralny Airport
Secondary hubs
Fleet size 19
Destinations 12
Parent company Aeroflot
Headquarters Orenburg, Russia
Key people Victor Zyukin (Acting General Director)
Website www.orenair.ru

Orenburg Airlines or JSC Orenair (Russian: Оренбургские авиалинии[2][3]) is an airline with its head office on the property of Orenburg Tsentralny Airport in Orenburg, Russia.[4] It operates domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters, as well as aerial work and special flights. Its main base is Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, with hubs at Domodedovo and Orsk.[5]

History

Boeing 777-200ER at Sheremetyevo International Airport (October 2011).

The airline was formed from the Aeroflot Orenburg Division, which was established in 1932. It started operations in 1992 under its present name. It was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce the hub system of connecting flights in Orenburg, providing a full service for transfer passengers, and the first Russian domestic airline to introduce through air fares.[5] In 2010, Orenair was acquired by Aeroflot and is likely to engage in a fleet modernization process as a result of the merger.[6] Orenair recently acquired Air Austral's B777-200ER F-ORUN, which Air Austral had been trying to sell for a year.[7] Orenair in April 2016 plans to merge with Rossiya, by the instructions of its mother airline Aeroflot, with Donavia, to form one big air carrier based in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow and Rostov-On-Don. All the fleet will remain, but in Rossiya livery.[8]

Codeshare agreements

Till April 2016, Orenair had the following codeshare agreements:

Destinations

Orenburg Airlines operates the following scheduled services (as of December 2015):[9]

Asia

East Asia

People's Republic of China

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

Western Asia

Israel

Central Asia

Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
United Arab Emirates

Europe

Western Europe

Germany

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Russia

Southern Europe

Greece

North America

Mexico


The airline operates charter flights from and to Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, Sharm el-Sheikh, Ufa, Volgograd, Goa, Poprad-Tatry and other destinations.

Fleet

In April 2016, all the Orenair fleet, went to Rossiya.

Fixed-wing aircraft fleet

The Orenair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2015):[14][15][16][17]

An Orenair Boeing 737-800 on short final to Sheremetyevo International Airport in 2014.
Orenair fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y+ Y Total
Boeing 737-800 5 — — — 189 189 All to be transferred to Rossiya
Boeing 777-200ER 3 — 14 34 316 364[14] All to be transferred to Rossiya
Total 8

As of October 2015, the average age of western-built Orenair fleet was 11.1 years.[18]

Previously operated

As of August 2006 the airline also operated:[19]

Incidents

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Airline Codes Website". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  2. ↑ With the official name of Federal State Unitary Enterprise – Russian: Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие „Оренбургские авиалинии”.
  3. ↑ The B.737s bear the title “Orenair”, while the Tu-134s and Tu-154s carry either “Orenburg Airlines” or “Orenair”, as it can be seen in the pictures on Airliners website and other sources.
  4. ↑ "Contacts." Orenair. Retrieved on 16 November 2012. "JSC "ORENAIR" Airport, Orenburg district, Orenburg region, 460049, Russian Federation" - Russian: "460049, Оренбургская область, Оренбургский район, Аэропорт"
  5. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 59.
  6. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aeroflot-looks-for-consolidation-boost-341921/
  7. ↑ "Actualités". 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.ato.ru/content/formirovanie-obedinennoy-aviakompanii-rossiya-zavershitsya-k-aprelyu-2016-goda-
  9. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20111002233106/http://www.orenair.ru/regyl_full/. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Новые регулярные рейсы от авиакомпаний "Оренбургские авиалинии" (OrenAir) и "Эйр Астана" и дополнительные рейсы на Наурыз от "Эйр Арабия"". Central Asia Aero News. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Авиакомпания ORENAIR свяжет северную столицу России с южным Таджикистаном". A-NEWS: Центральноазиатская новостная служба. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  12. ↑ "Из Новосибирска на арабские каникулы". Пресс-центр. Novosibirsk Airport (Tolmachevo). Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Открыта продажа авиабилетов из Волгограда в Прагу". Joint Stock Company "Orenburg airlines". Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  14. 1 2 Orenair official page (English) , retrieved Jan. 01, 2015
  15. ↑ "Orenair - ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation. Retrieved 12 October 2015. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 11 (help)
  16. ↑ "Orenair Fleet - Airfleets aviation". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Orenair (Orenburg Airlines) Fleet Details and History". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Fleet age Orenair - Airfleets aviation". Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  19. ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006.
  20. ↑ "Russia's Orenair retires its last two 737-500s". ch-aviation. ch-aviation. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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