Orenburg Airlines or JSC Orenair () was a Russian

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with its head office on the property of

Orenburg Tsentralny Airport Orenburg Airport () is a civil airport located about 25 km east of Orenburg city. Now defunct Orenair had its head office on the airport property. The airport was built at its present location in the mid-1970s. In 2011, the government of ...

Orenburg Orenburg (, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies in Eastern Europe, along the banks of the Ural River, being approximately southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is close to the ...

. It operated domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters, as well as aerial work and special flights. Its main base was

and it had hubs at Domodedovo and Simferopol International Airport.

History

The airline was formed from the

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 ...

Orenburg Division, which was established in 1932. In 1992, it began to operate under the name ''Orenair''. It was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce the hub system of connecting flights in Orenburg, providing a full service for transfer passengers, and was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce through air fares. In 2010, Orenair was acquired by Aeroflot and was likely to engage in fleet modernization as a result of the merger. In 2015, Orenair acquired

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's B777-200ER F-ORUN, which Air Austral had been trying to sell for a year. In April 2016,

planned to merge Orenair and

Donavia JSC "Donavia" () was an Aeroflot subsidiary airline based in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Its main bases were Rostov-on-Don Airport and Mineralnye Vody Airport after the Kavminvodyavia bankruptcy. It was known as Aeroflot-Don () from 2000–2009. In ...

into Rossiya to form one larger airline based in Saint-Petersburg, Moscow and Rostov-On-Don. The former Orenair fleet will carry the Rossiya livery. On 26 May 2016, the airline's air operator's certificate was revoked after integration into Rossiya.

Fleet

Orenair Boeing 737-800 VQ-BIZ SVO Jan 2014

Fleet at time of merger

In April 2016, the entire Orenair fleet was assigned to Rossiya. The remaining Orenair fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of December 2016 the remaining 777 was at Phoenix Goodyear Airport):Orenair official page
d Jan. 01, 2015

Previously operated

As of August 2006 the airline also operated: *1

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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 ...

*4 Tupolev Tu-154B *1 Tupolev Tu-154M *4 Tupolev Tu-204-100 *2

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Incidents

*On 10 February 2016, Orenair Flight 554 departing from

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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 ...

experienced an engine failure, which caused fire and smoke in the cabin. The aircraft returned to Punta Cana, without fatalities or injuries.

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Russia Defunct airlines of Russia Former Aeroflot divisions Airlines established in 1992 Airlines disestablished in 2016 1992 establishments in Russia 2016 disestablishments in Russia Companies based in Orenburg Oblast