Orenburzhye
Russian airline
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Orenburzhie is a commercial airline headquartered in Orenburg, Russia, on the ground of Orenburg Airport. It serves as regular and charter passenger airline out of Orenburg and Izhevsk Airport. It is currently banned from flying in the EU.[1]
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| Founded | 1 April 2013 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Orenburg Tsentralny Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 31 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Orenburg, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Sergey Kalinovsky (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | orenairport.ru/eng/ak-orenburzhe | ||||||
History
On 11 August 2010, the property complex of the airport was separated from the structure of FSUE Orenburg Airlines and the FSUE International Airport Orenburg was registered. An-2 aircraft, Mi-2, Mi-8T, Mi-8P and Ka-226 helicopters were also transferred to the balance of the new enterprise.[2][3][4]
To resume regional traffic, three new L-410 aircraft manufactured by Aircraft Industries were purchased on lease (received in February-March 2013), registered and certified, flight and engineering personnel were retrained.[4][5]
On 4 October 2012 FSUE "International airport" Orenburg "was transferred to the ownership of the Orenburg region and renamed into the State Unitary Enterprise of the Orenburg region" Airport Orenburg ".[2][4]
On 1 April 2013, the airline commenced flights from Orenburg to Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Orsk, Perm, Samara, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, and then from September to Saratov, and finally in October 2013 to Aktobe.[4][6][7] On 22 October 2013, the airline was registered as a foreign carrier in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and from November 18 it began operating flights on the Orenburg - Aktobe route.[2][7]
As of 2017, Orenburzhye was supposed to receive 8 Embraer 190 on lease from Air Canada in favor of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 order,[5] however this never materialized.
Destinations
Orenburzhye serves the following scheduled destinations:[citation needed]
Fleet
The Orenburzhye fleet consists of the following aircraft:[citation needed]
| Aircraft type | Active | Orders | Notes |
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| Let L-410 Turbolet | 7 | — | |
| Antonov An-2 | 15 | — | |
| Mil Mi-2 | 6 | — | |
| Mil Mi-8 | 3 | — | |
| Total | 31 | — |
