Red Wings Airlines

Red Wings Airlines is a Russian airline based in Moscow and base at the airport Vnukovo.

History

Red Wings was founded under the name VARZ -400, 1999. VARZ meant translated Vnukovo Aviation Repair operation. In 2001 she was renamed Airlines 400 before it received its present name in 2007. It is owned by the tycoon Alexander Lebedev.

In 2008 the company, with the new Airbus A320 -200 and Airbus A321 -200 may also supplement their Tu -204 fleet planning. To date, these plans were not realized and the implementation of the 2010 proclaimed ordering a total of 40 Tu- 204SM is questionable. Only a ninth Tu -204 ( registration RA - 64017 ), which was formerly operated by Orenair was incorporated in the summer of 2012 in the fleet.

On 1 February 2013 - several weeks after the accident at Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 - withdrew the Russian flight authority Rosawiazija Red Wings their operating license, effective February 4, 2013, it was officially founded with financial problems. There were also allegations of a lack of training of pilots, which was rejected by the owner.

In June 2013, Red Wings got a new operating license and took the regular operation again.

Destinations

Red Wings Airlines offers both scheduled flights for passengers and cargo and charter flights to various destinations in the Mediterranean. Antalya represents represents the most important destination

Fleet

As of November 2013, the fleet of Red Wings Airlines consists of eight aircraft:

• 9 Tupolev Tu -204 -100 ( a decommissioned)

Incidents

→ Main article: Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268

On December 29, 2012, a Tupolev Tu -204 -100 ( RA- 64047 ) came to the landing at the airport Vnukovo not to stand, fell at high speed over the runway out and hit the embankment of the adjacent motorway M3. Here, the plane broke into three parts and wreckage damaged on the highway passing cars. The accident caused five deaths.

A few days earlier, became a machine of the same type, the Red Wings at the landing at the airport Novosibirsk Tolmachevo about the end of the runway beyond.