Tatarstan Airlines

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ОАО «Авиакомпания «Татарстан»
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IATA
U9
ICAO
TAK
Callsign
TATARSTAN
Founded 1993
Commenced operations 1999
Hubs Kazan Airport
Focus cities Begishevo Airport
Fleet size 10 (+5 orders)
Destinations 13 (+2 future)
Headquarters Kazan Airport
Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Key people
  • Aksan Rimovich Giniyatullin (CEO)
Website www.tatarstan.aero

Tatarstan Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания «Татарстан», Tatar: Татарстан Һава Юллары, Tatarstan Hawa Yulları) is an airline based on the grounds of Kazan Airport in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia.[1][2] It was founded in 1993,[3] and is the regional airline of the Republic of Tatarstan, part of the Russian Federation.

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History [edit]

The airline established operations in 1999 operates the scheduled passenger service to the different cities of Russia (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Makhachkala) and international destinations: Baku, Dushanbe, Yerevan, Tashkent, Khujand, Istanbul, Prague and Tel-Aviv.

Tatarstan Airlines also operates charter services all over the Russia and Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Turkey. The total operated destinations of Tatarstan Airlines reached 40 routes in 2010–2011. The number of carried passengers in 2009 amounts to 577,000, in 2010 – 603,000. The estimated number of passengers in 2011 is 824,000.[4]

Destinations [edit]

Tatarstan Airlines operates flights to 15 destinations in Russia, Asia and Europe. The airline also operated seasonal charter flights to different destinations.

Codeshare agreements [edit]

Tatarstan Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet [edit]

Tatarstan Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Seating Notes
B Y Total
Airbus A319-100 2 3[5]
0
156
156[6]
[5] Charter routes only[6]
Boeing 737–300 1 0
12/0
130/148
142/148
To be phased out.
Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320 Family.
To be returned to lessor starting 2013.[5]
Boeing 737–400 1 0
12/0
138/150
150
Boeing 737–500 1 0
12/0
94/106
106
1 0
12/0
105/117
117
Bombardier CRJ-200 0 2[5]
TBA
Tupolev Tu-154M 2 0
0
164
164
all-economy
Yakovlev Yak-42 2 0
16/0
84/120
100/120
Total 10 5

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References [edit]

  1. ^ "Головной офис." Tatarstan Airlines. Retrieved on 28 October 2010. "420144, Россия, Татарстан, г. Казань, Аэропорт"
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 23–29 March 1994. 122. "Head office: Kazan Airport, Tatarstan 420017, Russia"
  3. ^ (Russian) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 20 February 2007, p. 423
  4. ^ http://www.tatarstan.aero/en/company/
  5. ^ a b c d BusinessOnline
  6. ^ a b Aviaport digest
  7. ^ http://www.tatarstan.aero/company/planes/

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