Center-South ( «Центр-Юг», ''"Tsentr-Yug"'') was a Russian passenger airline based in

Belgorod Belgorod (, ) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine. It has a population of It was founded in 1596 as a defensiv ...

History

In early 2014, the airline received the first of two

Sukhoi Superjet 100 The Yakovlev SJ-100 (until August 2023: Sukhoi Superjet 100 SJ100 ) is a regional jet originally designed by the now-merged Russian aircraft company Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a division of the United Aircraft Corporation (now: "Regional Aircraft" ...

aircraft, which was due to be operated under a lease agreement for

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on charter flights. The airline was the official carrier of the volleyball club VC Lokomotiv-Belogorie. On 17 September 2015, Rosaviation announced the suspension of Centre-South Airlines' operating certificate due to several violations. Following the rules, if the airline plans to have a wide range of flights (as Center-South has), it needs to have not less than 8 aircraft with capacity of not less than 50 people, however, the airline has only five aircraft of the required type, including two

Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain oth ...

and three

. The aircraft had also never been checked for damages.

Fleet

The Center-South fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016): The airline fleet previously included the following aircraft: * 2

Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed in Soviet Union by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. It was introduced to service in 1968, with export mo ...

References

External links

Official website
{{Use mdy dates, date=July 2013 Defunct airlines of Russia Airlines established in 1993 1993 establishments in Russia Companies based in Belgorod Oblast