Ural Airlines
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| Founded | 1943 (as part of Aeroflot) 1993 (became independent) |
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| Hubs | Koltsovo International Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Travelling Club "Wings" | |||
| Fleet size | 20 | |||
| Destinations | 40 | |||
| Headquarters | Yekaterinburg, Russia | |||
| Website | www.uralairlines.ru/en | |||
Ural Airlines is an airline based in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[1] operating scheduled and chartered domestic and international flights out of Koltsovo International Airport. In 2008, the company transported 1,450,153 passengers.[2]
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1943 as Sverdlovsk State Air Enterprises, and later became part of Aeroflot, the Soviet state airline, being in charge of Yekaterinburg Airport. Following the split-up of Aeroflot, Ural Airlines became a joint stock company incorporated under the laws of the Russian Federation on 28 December 1993, and the airline business was separated from the airport. Today, the company is owned by Ural Wings (65.77%) and Ural Transport Bank (14.67%) and has 1390 employees.[citation needed]
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Ural Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
[edit] Fleet
As of November 2011, the Ural Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 12.6 years:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Seats | Notes | ||
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| Business | Economy | Total | ||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 13 | 4[3] | 15 | 144 | 159[4] | 2 leased from GECAS |
| Airbus A321-200 | 7 | 16 | 182 | 198[4] | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2[5] | — | 220 | 220[3][5] | charter use[5] | |
| Total | 22 | 4 | ||||
In 2010, Ural Airlines operated all ageing Antonov An-24s, Ilyushin Il-86s and Tupolev Tu-154B-2's it had operated until then.[6] The airline also operated Tupolev Tu-154M in 164-seat two-class configuration, last three were phased out in October, 16, 2011.[7]
Accurate data on Airbus A320 family aircraft operated by Ural Airlines is available trough the airline's official website[4] and some other Russian sources, such as Aviaport digest.[3][8][9] English-language sources are CH-Aviation[10] and Planespotters.net.[11]
Ural Airlines plans to operate 30 aircraft in 2015.[3]
Ural Airlines plans to introduce widebodies.[12] According to the airline's advanced development plan, it plans to begin flying long-range wide-body airplanes of the A330[13] or Boeing 767 type in 2012-2013, decision yet to be made.[14]
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[edit] References
- ^ Home page. Ural Airlines. Retrieved on 18 July 2010. "Address: Utrenniy 1g, Ekaterinburg Russia, 620025, SITA SVXTOU6" Russian address: Home page. "Адрес: 620025, Россия, Екатеринбург, пер. Утренний, 1г"
- ^ Ural Airlines Passenger Activity for 2008
- ^ a b c d Aviaport digest, Dec. 26, 2011
- ^ a b c Ural Airlines Official seating charts, russian only
- ^ a b c Aviaport digest, Nov. 17, 2011
- ^ Ural Airlines Fleet Expansion Information
- ^ Aviaport digest
- ^ Aviaport digest Apr 12, 2011
- ^ Aviaport digest Oct 26, 2011
- ^ CH-Aviation page for Ural Airlines, retrieved on Oct 26, 2011
- ^ Planespotters.net page for Ural Airlines
- ^ Flightglobal
- ^ Ural Airlines official website
- ^ Aviaport digest
