Orenburzhie is a commercial airline headquartered in Orenburg, Russia, on the ground of Orenburg Airport. It serves as regular and charter passenger airline out of Orenburg and Izhevsk Airport.
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| Founded | 1 April 2013 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Orenburg Tsentralny Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 31 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Orenburg, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Sergey Kalinovsky (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | orenairport.ru/eng/ak-orenburzhe[dead link] | ||||||
History
editOn 11 August 2010, the property complex of the airport was separated from the structure of FSUE Orenburg Airlines and the FSUE International Airport Orenburg was registered. An-2 aircraft, Mi-2, Mi-8T, Mi-8P and Ka-226 helicopters were also transferred to the balance of the new enterprise.[1][2][3]
To resume regional traffic, three new L-410 aircraft manufactured by Aircraft Industries were purchased on lease (received in February-March 2013), registered and certified, flight and engineering personnel were retrained.[3][4]
On 4 October 2012 FSUE "International airport" Orenburg "was transferred to the ownership of the Orenburg region and renamed into the State Unitary Enterprise of the Orenburg region" Airport Orenburg ".[1][3]
On 1 April 2013, the airline commenced flights from Orenburg to Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Orsk, Perm, Samara, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, and then from September to Saratov, and finally in October 2013 to Aktobe.[3][5][6] On 22 October 2013, the airline was registered as a foreign carrier in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and from November 18 it began operating flights on the Orenburg - Aktobe route.[1][6]
As of 2017, Orenburzhye was supposed to receive 8 Embraer 190 on lease from Air Canada in favor of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 order,[4] however this never materialized.
Destinations
editOrenburzhye serves the following scheduled destinations:[citation needed]
Fleet
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The Orenburzhye fleet consists of the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft type | Active | Orders | Notes |
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| Let L-410 Turbolet | 7 | — | |
| Antonov An-2 | 15 | — | |
| Mil Mi-2 | 6 | — | |
| Mil Mi-8 | 3 | — | |
| Total | 31 | — |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Аэропорт "Оренбург". История". ГУП Оренбургской области «Аэропорт Оренбург». 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ "Новое предприятие - международный аэропорт «Оренбург»". БезФормата.Ru - Новости - Оренбург. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ a b c d А.К. (2013-04-08). "«Оренбуржье»: новое имя в российском небе" (PDF). «Взлёт. Национальный аэрокосмический журнал» №4 (100). АЭРОМЕДИА. pp. С.14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ a b "Авиакомпания "Оренбуржье" заинтересовалась самолетами E190 из парка Air Canada". ato.ru. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "1 год региональных полетов авиакомпании "Оренбуржье"". Geometria.ru. 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ a b "Авиакомпания "Оренбуржье" планирует открыть международный рейс в Актюбинск". Агентство международной информации Новости-Казахстан. 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ a b c d "Ростовский аэропорт открывает 4 новых рейса". Rostov-on-Don Airport. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
External links
edit- Official website (in English and Russian)[dead link]
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