Ikar Airlines is a Russian carrier that operates flights under the control of the Pegas Touristik tour operator. The scope of the company's activity is the implementation of seasonal and regular flights in Russia and abroad on the most popular routes.
About airline
Ikar Airlines is an airline whose registered airport is Yemelyanovo (Krasnoyarsk).
It was created back in 1997 and was based at the Magadan airport. Then the air fleet consisted of 10 domestic helicopters and 2 aircraft. However, in 2013 the company was bought out and relocated to Yemelyanovo. At the same time, a new air operator certificate was issued by the Ministry of Transport with number 36 dated April 16.
There is an erroneous opinion that this air carrier is a subsidiary of the well-known Russian company NordWind. But this is not so, since Icarus is under the control of the Pegas Touristik tour operator. The company's activities are carried out on aircraft that previously belonged to NordWind. On their fuselages after renovationthe inscription "Pegas" appeared, and the image of a winged horse appeared on the vertical stabilizers.
Now Ikar Airlines has several branches in Moscow and Khabarovsk.
Airplane Fleet
The company's fleet consists of 7 aircraft, which have changed the operating organization more than once in their history. The average age of Ikar Airlines aircraft is almost 17 years. The fleet includes American-made Boeing B738 and B763 modifications.
B738 aircraft is presented in the amount of one unit. He is the youngest of all airliners and his age is 11 years. There are 6 units of B763 aircraft. The age of the oldest aircraft is almost 20 years old, and the new one is 16 years old. After the renovation, Boeing 757-200 airliners were decommissioned.
Flights of Ikar Airlines
The company's flights are operated from the following Russian regions:
- Far East - Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- North-Western District - Arkhangelsk, Murmansk.
- Siberia - Barnaul, Bratsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Surgut, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude.
- Ural - Yekaterinburg, Perm, Ufa, Chelyabinsk.
- Central Russia - Belgorod, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, St. Petersburg, Syktyvkar.
- Southern District - Astrakhan, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol.
Charterflights are operated in accordance with the orders of an affiliated company. The main routes are:
- Bulgaria (Burgas);
- Vietnam (Phu Quoc, Cam Ranh);
- Egypt (Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh);
- Spain (Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife);
- Cyprus (Larnaca);
- Thailand (Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket);
- Turkey (Antalya, Dalaman, Istanbul).
Ikar Airlines: passenger reviews
Among the reviews there are both positive and negative, and sometimes even contradictory about the work of the company as a whole.
From the positive moments, passengers highlight:
- comfortable space between seats;
- cleanliness and tidiness of the aircraft cabin;
- the skill of the company's pilots;
- tasty in-flight meals;
- prompt and fast service in the registration hall;
- politeness and friendliness of flight attendants.
Of the negative points, Ikar Airlines customers note:
- malfunctions in the toilet rooms;
- strong foreign odors during aircraft landing;
- frequent aircraft breakdowns;
- many technical delays;
- lack of informing passengers about flights by the representative office of the company;
- often the reason for delays is not communicated to passengers by airline representatives;
- flight fleet consists of old aircraft that are operated every day;
- problems with baggage claim;
- oldseat upholstery.
One of the young and dynamically developing Russian airlines is Ikar Airlines. Reviews about it are very different: from positive to sharply negative. Flights are carried out on optimized Boeing aircraft. The airline specializes in performing regular and charter air transportation of passengers to the most popular tourist and domestic destinations, of which there are more than 50 during the year. The company has existed not so long ago, but during this time it has shown itself to be a reliable, stability-oriented carrier. Safety and high quality passenger service are Icarus' top priorities.
