Avianova (Russia)
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Founded | 2009 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 27 August 2009 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 10 October 2011 | ||||||
Operating bases | Parent company Alfa Group (51%) | | |||||
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
Key people | Andrew Pyne (CEO) Vladimir Gorbunov (General Director) | ||||||
Website | www |
Avianova, LLC (
History
The company was first registered in 2006.[2] It received Russian regulatory approval in August 2009;[citation needed] operations began on 27 August that year.[2] In the beginning, the company advertised their base fares for RUB 250 (less than US$10) excluding taxes and fees.[3] Andrew Pyne, CEO,[4] voiced the strategy of the new company as "flying those Russians who haven't even seen the inside of an airplane in the past twenty years".[5]
As of October 2011[update], Alfa Group controlled 51% of the stake, while US investment company Indigo Partners held the balance.[6]
Avianova carried 1.3 million passengers in 2010,[2] with an occupation of over 80%.[citation needed] By seat numbers flown it had become the second largest carrier at Sheremetyevo airport with 25% of total capacity, operating out of Terminal B. On monthly traffic statistics it ranked as fourth largest domestic carrier in Russia. It opened a second base at Krasnodar in May 2011, with operations to Sochi, Surgut, and St Petersburg, as well as Moscow. By June 2011, it had carried over 2 million passengers since launch at an average seat factor of nearly 80%.
On the morning of 24 June 2011, representatives of the majority shareholder entered the airline's offices and removed the foreign management and some Russian managers and appointed a new leadership,
The continued shareholder impasse over management changes and over funding for the company led to Avianova stopping ticket sales on 3 October as a prelude to stopping operations on 10 October 2011[2][6][10]
.Destinations
Even though the airline operated from
Avianova served the following destinations before ceasing operations, as of April 2011[update]:[12]
- Russia
- Vityazevo Airport
- Arkhangelsk - Talagi Airport
- Astrakhan - Narimanovo Airport
- Gelendzhik - Gelendzhik Airport
- Kaliningrad - Khrabrovo Airport
- Krasnodar - Pashkovsky Airport
- Kurgan - Kurgan Airport
- Moscow - Sheremetyevo International Airport Hub
- Nizhnekamsk - Begishevo Airport
- Bolshoye Savino Airport
- Rostov-on-Don - Rostov-on-Don Airport
- Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport
- Kurumoch Airport
- Adler-Sochi International Airport
- Stavropol - Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport
- Surgut Airport[13]
- Roschino International Airport[13]
- Ufa - Ufa International Airport
- Vostochny Airport
- Volgograd - Volgograd International Airport
- Koltsovo Airport
- Ukraine
- Simferopol Airport
Terminated Before Ceasing Operations
- Russia – Kazan (suspended), Moscow-Vnukovo
Fleet
Avianova operated 6
As of September 2011, the Avianova fleet consisted of the following aircraft with an average age of 10.5 years:[14]
Type | In Fleet | Passengers |
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Airbus A320-200
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6 | 170 |
References
- ^ according to FlightStats Archived 21 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flightglobal. Archived from the originalon 17 February 2015.
- ^ Dagayeva, Anastasia; Milov, Grigory (8 July 2011). "51% of Discount Airline Avianova Up for Sale". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
- ^ Avianova prokatila passazhirov (in Russian), gazeta.ru, 4 December 2009.
- ^ Russian: Задача «Авиановы» – «заставить летать тех россиян, которые уже 20 лет самолет в глаза не видели» - Avianova prokatila passazhirov (in Russian), gazeta.ru, 4 December 2009.
- ^ a b Hofmann, Kurt (4 October 2011). "Troubled Avianova stops online ticket sales". Air Transport World.(subscription required)
- ^ Flightglobal. Archived from the originalon 17 February 2015.
- ^ a b "New Avianova Chief Lambasts Expat Execs | the St. Petersburg Times | the leading English-language newspaper in St. Petersburg". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- Flightglobal. Archivedfrom the original on 5 March 2016.
- Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011.[additional citation(s) needed]
- ^ "Other News - 01/27/2010". Air Transport World. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
Avianova, which launched low-fare service from Moscow Vnukovo last August, will transfer its operation to Sheremetyevo's Terminal 1 on 28 March.
(subscription required) - ^ "Avianova bookable flights". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ a b ""Авианова" выходит на рынок Западной Сибири". AVIA.RU. 3 July 2010.
- ^ Avianova fleet list at planespotters.net