Region Avia

Region Avia
Регион-Авиа
IATA ICAO Callsign
RK — —
Founded 2005
Commenced operations 2006
Ceased operations 2011
Operating bases Domodedovo International Airport
Bykovo Airport
Fleet size 16
Destinations 12 (in 2009)
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Key people Denis Pavshinsky (CEO)
Website www.regionavia.ru
Region Avia logo in Russian.

Region Avia (Russian: Регион-Авиа), also styled Region-Avia or Region Avia Airlines, was a regional airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Domodedovo International Airport, and chartered services out of Bykovo Airport.[1]

History

Region Avia was registered in Moscow in 2005, as a company which was to 52% owned by (unnamed) Russian citizens and had an initial funding of $50 million.[2] It received its Air Operator's Certificate on 19 August 2006.[3] The last scheduled flight (from Tambov to Moscow) took place on 31 December 2010,[4] and the company was dissolved in early 2011.[5]

Destinations

At its height in 2009, Region Avia operated scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:[1]

Between 2007 and 2008, Region-Avia had offered flights from Yekaterinburg to Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Nyagan on behalf of Aviaprad.[2]

Fleet

The Region Avia Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:[2]

The company had plans to acquire a fleet of up to 50 foreign-made aircraft (either ATR 42, ATR 72 or Bombardier Dash 8) by 2012.[6][7]

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