ATRAN

Moscow Sheremetyevo

ATRAN, LLC (Russian Атран ) is a Russian cargo airline based in Moscow and hub at Domodedovo airport. The company is a subsidiary of Volga -Dnepr Group. The company is owned 73% of its own employees, to 25% of the Russian state and two percent are free float.

History

The airline was founded in 1942 as a subsidiary of Aeroflot, in the same year took its flight operations to and should transport aircraft components. Since the year 1962, she transported mainly through large and / or heavy cargo. In 1980 she changed her name to transport aviation. At the time, the airline maintained a fleet of 29 aircraft, with which they operated a route network throughout the Soviet Union. In 1990, Transport Aviation was the first independent airline of the Soviet Union and changed its name to Ararat. The company was converted into an LLC in 1993 and bears since January 1997 the present name.

Destinations

ATRAN mostly flies charter flights from its base Domodedovo to Europe, Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth. A scheduled flight operated by airlines for UPS from Cologne to Moscow -Domodedovo. Since 9 January 2014, the airline flies Boeing in cooperation with its sister company AirBridgeCargo from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Munich and Malmö, and from Munich to Liege.

Fleet

As of February 2014 the fleet of aircraft consists of five ATRAN with a mean age of 34.6 years:

In the past ATRAN operated a variety of other aircraft:

  • Polikarpov Po - 2 (1942-1957)
  • Lissunow Li- 2 (1942-1975)
  • Douglas C- 47 (1943-1954)
  • Ilyushin Il- 14 (1962-1988)
  • Antonov An - 8 (1969-1991)
  • Antonov An - 2 (1973-1975)
  • Antonov An - 32 (1988-1998)
  • Ilyushin Il- 76TD ( 1992-2002)
  • Ilyushin Il- 76T ( 1993-2005 )
  • Antonov An - 26 (1993-2007)

Incidents

On 29 July 2009 an An-12 crashed with the registration RA- 93912 on the flight 9655 to Bratsk via Omsk four kilometers after the start in Domodedovo from. In the accident, all seven crew members died. This was caused by the collision with birds, and the subsequent failure of two turbines.

IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code Sheremetyevo International Airport Limited Liability Company AirBridgeCargo Airlines China Xinhua Airlines Lisunov Li-2 Omsk Tsentralny Airport Aviation Safety Network
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