Nordavia

Arkhangelsk Talagi

Nordavia (Russian Нордавиа ), until December 2009 Aeroflot -Nord ( Аэрофлот - Норд ), is a Russian regional airline based in Arkhangelsk and based on the Talagi airport.

History

Nordavia emerged from the 1929 incurred Arkhangelsk Regional Department of the then Soviet state airline Aeroflot. From 1991, this division was as a national airline under the name Archangelskije Wosduschnyje Linii ( Архангельские воздушные линии to German " Arkhangelsk Airlines " ) continued until then Aeroflot-Nord was registered as a limited company in 2004.

Since after the crash of an aircraft of Aeroflot-Nord on 14 September 2008 Perm in much of the international media was talk of Aeroflot as the affected airline, this saying, then by a significant loss of image Aeroflot Aeroflot -Nord announced that the to prohibit subsidiary company from now on, to use the term "Aeroflot" in the company name. Since December 2009, the Company therefore operates under the name Nordavia.

On 23 March 2011 the Russian company MMC Norilsk Nickel acquired the company for 7 million U.S. dollars and 200 million U.S. dollar liabilities of Aeroflot.

Destinations

Be Nordavia operated a network of destinations within Russia, served for example, Sochi, Samara and Ufa

Fleet

As of July 2013, the fleet of Nordavia consists of twelve aircraft:

• 2 Antonov An-24
• 1 Antonov An-26
• 9 Boeing 737-500

Incidents

• On September 14, 2008 due to pilot error when Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed a Boeing 737-500 of the former Aeroflot-Nord during the approach to land at the airport Bolshoye Savino from. All 88 occupants were killed. In the flight, it was actually a flight of the parent company Aeroflot, but this was carried out in the framework of a cooperation of Aeroflot -Nord.