Summary
CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА», ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»; Yakut: Алроса авиахампанньа, Alrosa aviaxampannya), formerly Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise (Alrosa Air Company Limited) is an airline from Mirny, Russia. Its bases are at Mirny Airport and Polyarny Airport, with a focus city at Lensk Airport. The airline operates scheduled and chartered domestic flights.
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | ALROSA | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mirny, Russia | ||||||
| Website | alrosa.aero | ||||||
History edit
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise was founded by the Russian mining company ALROSA (Almazy Rossii Sakha). A sister company Alrosa Avia, which was established in 1992[1] and operated passenger charter services in Russia and the CIS out of Moscow Vnukovo Airport.[1] The company's flight certificate was annulled on 21 November 2008. On 29 September 2018, RA-85684, the aircraft involved in Alrosa Flight 514 completed its last flight from Mirny to Novosibirsk. The aircraft was installed as a monument at the Tolmachevo Museum of Aviation.[2]
On 29 October 2020, ALROSA airline operated the last civil Tu-154 flight in Russia. The Tu-154, tail number RA-85757, flew from Mirny to Novosibirsk carrying 140 passengers.[3][4]
Destinations edit
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia (as of December 2015[update]):[5]
- Russia
Irkutsk Oblast
- Krasnodar – Pashkovsky Airport terminated
- Lensk – Lensk Airport focus city
- Mirny – Mirny Airport base
- Udachny – Polyarny Airport base
- Yakutsk – Yakutsk Airport
- Simferopol International Airport (suspended)
Fleet edit
As of July 2022, the ALROSA fleet - excluding helicopters - includes the following aircraft:[7]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Antonov An-24RV | 1 | — | — | 48 | 48 | |
| Antonov An-38 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 26 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | — | 136 | 136 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 1 | — | 12 | 144 | 166 | |
| Irkut MC-21-300 | — | 3[8] | TBA
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Deliveries planned to begin in 2023.[9] | ||
| Sukhoi Superjet 100 | — | 2 | TBA
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Letter of intent signed in 2018.[10] | ||
| Total | 5 | 5 | ||||
Accidents and Incidents edit
- 7 September 2010: Alrosa Flight 514, operated by a Tupolev Tu-154M (RA-85684), suffered a complete in-flight electrical failure while on a scheduled domestic flight from Udachny to Moscow. A successful emergency landing was made at the disused Izhma Airport but the aircraft overran the runway and was damaged. All 81 people on board escaped uninjured.[11][12][13] The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.
References edit
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 74.
- ^ "RA-85684 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Alrosa Airlines | Artyom Kuzhlev".
- ^ "Farewell: Russia's Final Civil Tu-154 Makes Its Final Flight". 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Last civil Tu-154 in Russia carries out final flight".
- ^ "Расписание". Мирнинское авиационное предприятие. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ a b c "На самолете в Иркутск? Легко! У Оренбуржцев появилась возможность улететь в Сибирь". 56orb.ru (in Russian). Сетевое издание «56 медиа». 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Our fleet". alrosa.aero. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Russia's Alrosa to lease 3+3 MC-21-300s from IFC". ch-aviation.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Irkut MC-21 Wins Few Airline Orders at MAKS 2017". ainonline.com. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Alrosa Airlines to replace its vintage Tupolevs with Superjet 100s". Russian Aviation Insider. 26 November 2018.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Alrosa Mirny T154 at Izhma on Sep 7th 2010, loss of electrics and landing on helicopter platform". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Lucky Tu-154 crash landing in Komi". BarentsObserver. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Pilots Called Heroes After Crash Landing". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
External links edit
Media related to Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
