Citrus is a planned Russian
low-cost airline
A low-cost carrier (LCC) or low-cost airline, also called a budget, or discount carrier or airline, is an airline that is operated with an emphasis on minimizing operating costs. It sacrifices certain traditional airline luxuries for cheaper fa ...
owned by
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines, legal name JSC Siberia Airlines (, "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. As of 2008, it was Russia's largest domestic airline, with its main bases at Dom ...
, with its headquarters in Moscow. The announcement from S7 to create a regional low-cost carrier was made in 2021. The airline's first flight was planned for July 2022,
however all plans have been stopped for the foreseeable future.
History
In 2008,
S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines, legal name JSC Siberia Airlines (, "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. As of 2008, it was Russia's largest domestic airline, with its main bases at Dom ...
, a Russian carrier, founded a subsidiary airline,
Globus
GLOBUS is a radar system in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is operated by the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) and its official uses are primarily space observation and Arctic airspace monitoring for Nor ...
. Globus and S7 merged at the end of 2019. In 2021 the S7 Group announced their plans to create a regional low-cost carrier. A competition was held to decide airline's name. By its end, the airline slogan was also announced: ''connecting cities of Russia'' — «Cities of Russia».
On 28 January 2022 an
Airbus A319
The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of . Final ass ...
(VP-BHP) with code CTU-8899 made its flight to receive certification from the
Federal Air Transport Agency
The Federal Air Transport Agency ( - ''Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta'', FAVT), also known as Rosaviatsiya (), is the civil aviation authority of the Russia, Russian Federation, responsible for overseeing the civil aviation industr ...
. On 9 February 2022 Citrus received the certificate from
Globus
GLOBUS is a radar system in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. It is operated by the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) and its official uses are primarily space observation and Arctic airspace monitoring for Nor ...
.
By 2024, the airline plans to have a fleet consisting of 24 aircraft.
Ticket sales were planned to commence in April 2022 and the first regular flight was slated for July 2022.
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In June 2022, shortly before its planned inaugural flight, S7 announced plans for the new airline had been suspended for the foreseeable future due to the ordered aircraft not being delivered as part of sanctions against Russia.
Destinations
Citrus plans to have predominantly domestic network, outside 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 ...
,Новый российский лоукостер выбрал базой Казань и Омск
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Fleet
See also
* List of airlines of Russia
This is a list of aircraft operators which are licensed by the Federal Air Transport Agency. All airlines are banned from flying into EU airspace since 2022.
Passenger and cargo airlines Major
This is a list of the major airlines in Russia.
Mi ...
* Transport in Russia
The transport network of the Russian Federation is one of the world's most extensive transport networks. The national web of roads, railways and Airway (aviation), airways stretches almost from Kaliningrad in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsul ...
References
External links
Official website
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Airlines of Russia
Airlines established in 2021
Russian brands
Low-cost carriers
Companies based in Moscow