Region_Avia
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]
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| 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 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]
At its height in 2009, Region Avia operated scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:[1]
- Arkhangelsk - Talagi Airport
- Anapa - Anapa Airport
- Ivanovo - Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport
- Kursk - Kursk Vostochny Airport
- Moscow - Domodedovo International Airport (base)
- Nizhny Novgorod - Nizhny Novgorod International Airport
- Petrozavodsk - Petrozavodsk Airport
- Pskov - Pskov Airport
- Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport
- Sochi - Sochi International Airport
- Tambov - Tambov Donskoye Airport
- Yaroslavl - Tunoshna Airport
Between 2007 and 2008, Region-Avia had offered flights from Yekaterinburg to Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Nyagan on behalf of Aviaprad.[2]
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]
- "New Regional Airline Emerging". Kommersant. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- Region Avia official website Archived 2009-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Region Avia listed as defunct at airlinehistory.co.uk Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- "Region-Avia". Airliner World. August 2007. p. 13.
- "New Russian Regional Emerging". Alternative Airlines. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
