Atran, LLC () is a

cargo airline Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of air cargo, cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines. In 2018, airli ...

based in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, Russia. It operates cargo charters in Europe, Russia and the CIS. Its main base is

Domodedovo International Airport Moscow Domodedovo International Airport ( rus, links=no, аэропорт Домодедово, p=dəmɐˈdʲɛdəvə) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD), formally Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport, is an international airport serving Mosc ...

, Moscow.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1942 as an

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (, ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; , , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. Aeroflot is headquartered in the Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, with its hub being Sheremetyevo Interna ...

agency under the name ''Moscow Aviation Enterprise''. The original function of the airline was to deliver spare parts for aircraft. In 1962 the airline had started operations of heavy freighters, and by the 1980 had a fleet of 29 covering the entire

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and changing its name to ''Transport Aviation''. In 1990, the company was created as the first independent airline in the Soviet Union and at the same time changing its name to ''Aviatrans''. It became a private public limited liability company in 1993. In January 1997 the name ATRAN began being used. In September 2023 Atran restarted operations after acquiring two

An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian language, Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop Cargo aircraft, transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has ...

freighters.

Fleet

Current fleet

As of May 2024, ATRAN currently operates two

Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...

aircraft: RA-11025 and RA-11371.
retrieved 21 May 2024

Historic fleet

ATRAN has previously operated the following aircraft types:

Incidents and accidents

* On 29 July 2007, an Atran

, registration RA-93912, crashed 4 km from

after taking off on a flight on the route Moscow-Omsk-Bratsk, killing 7 crew members. * On 26 March 2025, an ATRAN An-12BK (RA-11371) rolled off the runway at Novy Urengoy Airport after a landing gear failure, all eight on board survived.

References

External links

Official website (Russian)
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