CJSC "Air Company ALROSA"(Russian:ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА»,ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»;Yakut:Алроса авиахампанньа,Alrosa aviaxampannya), formerlyAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise(Alrosa Air Company Limited) is anairlinefromMirny,Russia.Its bases are atMirny AirportandPolyarny Airport,with afocus cityatLensk 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
editAlrosa Mirny Air Enterprise was founded by the Russian mining companyALROSA(AlmazyRossiiSakha). A sister company Alrosa Avia, which was established in 1992[1]and operated passenger charter services in Russia and theCISout ofMoscow Vnukovo Airport.[1]The company's flight certificate was annulled on 21 November 2008. On 29 September 2018, RA-85684, the aircraft involved inAlrosa Flight 514completed its last flight fromMirnytoNovosibirsk.The aircraft was installed as a monument at the Tolmachevo Museum of Aviation.[2]
On 29 October 2020, ALROSA airline operated the last civilTu-154flight inRussia.The Tu-154, tail number RA-85757, flew fromMirnytoNovosibirskcarrying 140 passengers.[citation needed]
Destinations
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Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia (as of December 2015[update]):[3]
- Russia
Irkutsk Oblast
- Krasnodar–Pashkovsky Airportterminated
- Lensk–Lensk Airportfocus city
- Mirny–Mirny Airportbase
- Udachny–Polyarny Airportbase
- Yakutsk–Yakutsk Airport
- Simferopol International Airport(suspended)
Fleet
editAs of September 2024, the ALROSA fleet - excluding helicopters - includes the following aircraft:[5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Antonov An-24RV | 1 | — | — | 48 | 48 | |
| Antonov An-38 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 26 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | — | — | 136 | 136 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 3 | — | 12 | 144 | 166 | |
| Sukhoi Superjet 100 | — | 2 | TBA
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Letter of intent signed in 2018.[6] | ||
| Yakovlev MC-21-300 | — | 3[7] | TBA
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Deliveries planned to begin in 2023.[8] | ||
| Total | 6 | 5 | ||||
Accidents and Incidents
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- 7 September 2010:Alrosa Flight 514,operated by aTupolev Tu-154M(RA-85684), suffered a complete in-flight electrical failure while on a scheduled domestic flight fromUdachnytoMoscow.A successful emergency landing was made at the disusedIzhma Airportbut the aircraft overran the runway and was damaged. All 81 people on board escaped uninjured.[9][10][11]The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.
References
edit- ^ab"Directory: World Airlines".Flight International.3 April 2007. p. 74.
- ^"RA-85684 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Alrosa Airlines | Artyom Kuzhlev".
- ^"Расписание".Мирнинское авиационное предприятие.Retrieved8 June2012.
- ^abc"На самолете в Иркутск? Легко! У Оренбуржцев появилась возможность улететь в Сибирь".56orb.ru(in Russian). Сетевое издание «56 медиа». 3 February 2024.Retrieved3 February2024.
- ^"Our fleet".alrosa.aero.Retrieved2 July2022.
- ^"Alrosa Airlines to replace its vintage Tupolevs with Superjet 100s".Russian Aviation Insider.26 November 2018.
- ^"Russia's Alrosa to lease 3+3 MC-21-300s from IFC".ch-aviation.20 July 2017.Retrieved20 July2017.
- ^"Irkut MC-21 Wins Few Airline Orders at MAKS 2017".ainonline.19 July 2017.Retrieved20 July2017.
- ^Hradecky, Simon."Accident: Alrosa Mirny T154 at Izhma on Sep 7th 2010, loss of electrics and landing on helicopter platform".The Aviation Herald.Retrieved7 September2010.
- ^"Lucky Tu-154 crash landing in Komi".BarentsObserver. Archived fromthe originalon 24 July 2011.Retrieved9 September2010.
- ^"Pilots Called Heroes After Crash Landing".The Moscow Times.Archivedfrom the original on 9 September 2010.Retrieved9 September2010.
External links
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