"Orenburg Airlines" is a Russian company that carried out charter and regular passenger flights. The Orenburg Airlines aircraft fleet was based in the city of the same name. In the spring of 2016, the airline ceased to provide services to passengers on its own behalf and was merged with the Rossiya company. The liquidation process of this enterprise lasted for a calendar year.
What planes were in the fleet of Orenburg Airlines at the time of termination of operations? You will find the answer to this question in this article.
Air carrier fleet
Orenburg Airlines' fleet consisted of the following types of aircraft:
- One Boeing 737-800. This aircraft has several modifications: one of them includes twocabin models of one class with a capacity of one hundred and eighty-six seats and one hundred and eighty-nine seats, the second model includes cabins of two different classes with one hundred and sixty-eight seats.
- Three Boeing 777-200s. These are the largest air vehicles of the company, designed for several classes of service (business, premium and economy). The board provides more than three hundred passenger seats.
Previously, the aviation company operated Boeing 737-400, 737-500, TU-134, TU-154M and TU-204. Boeings were transferred to other air carriers and are operated by them to this day. In 2011, TU-134 aircraft ceased to operate in our country. In 2012, Tu-154M aircraft were completely taken out of service in the aviation market.
Park age
The year of manufacture of the Orenburg Airlines aircraft, which was operated in the air fleet for the longest time, is 2000. This is a Boeing 777-200 (flight number VQ-BNU). The youngest aircraft was a Boeing 777-200 (flight number VP-BHB), manufactured in 2006.
The average age of an airliner in Orenburg Airlines' fleet was eleven years old at the time of the company's demise.
Incidents
- In the spring of 2009, during landing, the landing gear of a Boeing 737-800 skidded. There were no casu alties. The aircraft was not damaged either.
- In the winter of 2011, while landing, a Boeing 737-800 skidded off the runway. The airliner was on a charter flight. There were no casu alties.
- In the summer of 2013, during a Boeing 737-400 flight, the sealing of the cabin was broken. The plane made an emergency landing at the Orenburg airport. Before landing, the plane was in the air for several hours, producing explosive fuel.
- In the winter of 2016, a Boeing 777 made an emergency landing at the airport. The Orenburg Airlines plane returned to the port due to the fact that one of its engines caught fire. The landing of the airliner took place urgently, oxygen masks were released, passengers after landing were evacuated through emergency exits. No passengers were hurt.
Results
The aviation company "Aeroflot" in the spring of 2016 decided to merge its subsidiaries into one - "Russia". It included Donavia, Orenburg Airlines and Rossiya itself. The newly established aviation company became the second largest in our country. The decision to merge allowed to solve two pressing problems of Aeroflot:
- optimize costs,
- create competition in the aviation services market.
