Alrosa (airline)
Russian airline
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CJSC "Air Company ALROSA" (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания АЛРОСА», ZAO «Aviakompanija ALROSA»; Yakut: Алроса авиахампанньа, Alrosa aviaxampannya), formerly Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise (Alrosa Air Company Limited) is an airline from Mirny, Russia. Its bases are at Mirny Airport and Polyarny Airport, with a focus city at Lensk Airport. The airline operates scheduled and chartered domestic flights.
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 11 | ||||||
| Parent company | ALROSA | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mirny, Russia | ||||||
| Website | alrosa.aero | ||||||
It is currently banned from flying in the EU like all other Russian airlines.[1]
History
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise was founded by the Russian mining company ALROSA (Almazy Rossii Sakha). A sister company, Alrosa Avia, which was established in 1992[2] and operated passenger charter services in Russia and the CIS out of Moscow Vnukovo Airport.[2] The company's flight certificate was annulled on 21 November 2008. On 29 September 2018, RA-85684, the aircraft involved in Alrosa Flight 514 completed its last flight from Mirny to Novosibirsk. The aircraft was installed as a monument at the Tolmachevo Museum of Aviation.[citation needed]
On 29 October 2020, ALROSA airline operated the last civil Tu-154 flight in Russia. The Tu-154, tail number RA-85757, flew from Mirny to Novosibirsk carrying 140 passengers.[citation needed]
Destinations
Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia (as of December 2015[update]):[3]
- Russia
Irkutsk Oblast
- Krasnodar – Pashkovsky Airport terminated
- Lensk – Lensk Airport focus city
- Mirny – Mirny Airport base
- Udachny – Polyarny Airport base
- Yakutsk – Yakutsk Airport
- Simferopol International Airport (suspended)
Fleet
As of September 2024, the ALROSA fleet – excluding helicopters – includes the following aircraft:[5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Antonov An-24RV | 1 | — | — | 48 | 48 | |
| Antonov An-38 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 26 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | — | 136 | 136 | As of August 2025.[6] |
| Boeing 737-800 | 3 | — | 12 | 144 | 166 | As of August 2025.[6] |
| Sukhoi Superjet 100 | — | 2 | TBA |
Letter of intent signed in 2018.[7] | ||
| Yakovlev MC-21-300 | — | 3[8] | TBA |
Deliveries planned to begin in 2023.[9] | ||
| Total | 7 | 5 | ||||
Accidents and incidents
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- 7 September 2010: Alrosa Flight 514, operated by a Tupolev Tu-154M (RA-85684), suffered a complete in-flight electrical failure while on a scheduled domestic flight from Udachny to Moscow. A successful emergency landing was made at the disused Izhma Airport but the aircraft overran the runway and was damaged. All 81 people on board escaped uninjured.[10][11][12] The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.
