Aviastar-TU Airlines (Russian: Авиастар-ТУ) is a Russian cargo charter airline which operates principally out of Ramenskoye Airport in Moscow, Russia. Its headquarters is located in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast.[2]
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Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | March 2000[1] | ||||||
Hubs | Zhukovsky International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | |||||||
Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
Parent company | Aviastar-SP | ||||||
Headquarters | Zhukovsky, Russia | ||||||
Key people | Ivan Ivanovich Sukhomlin (General Director) | ||||||
Website | www |
The airline began operating domestic and international charter flights in 2000. Aviastar-TU, as an aircraft operator, has a historical affiliation with Aviastar-SP, an aircraft builder.
After the incident of Flight 1906, the Federal Air Transport Agency imposed a ban on passenger transport due to the airline's lack of a spare aircraft. In November 2011, after a number of deficiencies were identified by European inspectors, the European Aviation Safety Agency also imposed an additional ban on flights to EU countries, which was lifted at the end of December 2011.
On 8 April 2022, the US Department of Commerce restricted flights on aircraft manufactured in the US for Aeroflot, Aviastar, Azur Air, Belavia, Rossiya and Utair. It seems the US wants to reclaim ownership of the intellectual property.[3] On 16 June, the US broadened its restrictions on the six airlines after violations of the sanctions regime were detected. The effect of the restrictions is to ground the US-manufactured part of its fleet.[3]
The Aviastar-TU fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2022):[4]
Aircraft | In service |
Orders | Notes |
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Boeing 757-200PCF | 5 | — | RA-73354 operating for SDEK.[5] |
Tupolev Tu-204-100C | 3 | — | RA-64051 and RA-64052 are in the Russian Post livery. |
Total | 8 | — |
Aviastar-TU fleet formerly operated the following aircraft:
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Tupolev Tu-204-100 | 4 | 2000 | 2010 | |
Tupolev Tu-204-300 | 1 | 2003 | 2004 | Transferred to Vladivostok Air |
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