IrAero
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Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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Hubs | Irkutsk[1] | ||||||
Secondary hubs | |||||||
Fleet size | 32[2] | ||||||
Destinations | 60[3] | ||||||
Headquarters | Irkutsk,Russia | ||||||
Website | iraero.ru |
IrAerois anairlinebased inIrkutsk,Russia.[4]It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is inIrkutsk Airport.
History
[edit]The airline was established in 1999 inIrkutsk,Russia.
IrAero carries out international flights from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, China, Vietnam, Manila to Russia(2024). This company somehow raises money by the Visa and MasterCard systems for its flights. This directly contradicts the principle of the economic sanctions against Russian corruption authority.[5]
Destinations
[edit]IrAero operates a dense network of metropolitan and rural domestic destinations within Russia and also serves a few routes to neighboring countries.[1]
Fleet
[edit]Current fleet
[edit]As of July 2022, the IrAero fleet comprises the following aircraft:[6][2]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | — | 156 | 156 | |
Antonov An-24 | 19 | — | — | 48 | 48 | |
Antonov An-26 | ||||||
Bombardier CRJ200LR | 1 | — | — | 50 | 50 | |
Sukhoi Superjet 100 | 11 | — | 12 | 81 | 93 | |
Yakovlev MC-21-300 | — | 10 | TBA | Launch customer,[7]delayed delivery originally scheduled for 2019.[8][9] | ||
Total | 32 | 10 |
Historical fleet
[edit]The IrAero fleet previously also included the following aircraft types:[10]
Accidents
[edit]On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway atIgnatyevo AirportnearBlagoveshchenskduring landing at the end of a flight fromChita.Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no casualties.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeiraero.ru - Flight mapretrieved 7 May 2022
- ^abAirline fleet of IrAero (official)Archived2017-09-22 at theWayback MachineIraero.ru, retrieved 7 May 2022
- ^IrAero official destinationsArchived2017-06-06 at theWayback MachineIrAero.ru, retrieved on 10 Jun 2017
- ^Home pageArchived2012-11-06 at theWayback Machine.IrAero. Retrieved on 6 September 2012. "Sovetskaya str 139A Irkutsk, Russia, 664009" -Address in Russian:"улица Советская, дом 139а Иркутск, Россия, 664009"
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- ^planespotters.net,retrieved 2 July 2022
- ^"Russia's IrAero named as MC-21 launch operator".
- ^"Авиакомпания" Ираэро "и Корпорация" Иркут "заключили контракт на поставку 10 самолетов МС-21".28 August 2013.
- ^""ИрАэро" в 2019 году планирует получить 10 самолетов МС-21 ".tass.ru.17 July 2017.
- ^aerotransport.orgretrieved 7 May 2022
- ^Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011)."Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion".The Aviation Herald.Retrieved10 August2011.
- ^Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г.(in Russian).Federal Service for Supervision of Transport(Rostransnadzor). 8 August 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 13 January 2013.Retrieved10 August2011.
External links
[edit]Media related toIrAeroat Wikimedia Commons
- Official website(in Chinese, English, and Russian)