Tatarstan Airlines
Encyclopedia
Tatarstan Airlines is an airline
based on the grounds of Kazan International Airport
in Kazan
, Tatarstan, Russia
. It was founded in 1993, and is the regional airline of the Republic of Tatarstan
, part of the Russian Federation
.
Domestic
International
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based on the grounds of Kazan International Airport
Kazan International Airport
Kazan International Airport ; IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an airport located in Tatarstan, Russia, located 25 km southeast of Kazan. The current airport main terminal building was opened in 1979, and has served international flights since 1985. The airport was renovated for the Kazan millenium...
in Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
, Tatarstan, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was founded in 1993, and is the regional airline of the Republic of Tatarstan
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
, part of the Russian Federation
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
Destinations
Tatarstan Airlines operates flights to the following (as of May 2007):Domestic
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(Anapa Airport) - KazanKazanKazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
(Kazan International AirportKazan International AirportKazan International Airport ; IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an airport located in Tatarstan, Russia, located 25 km southeast of Kazan. The current airport main terminal building was opened in 1979, and has served international flights since 1985. The airport was renovated for the Kazan millenium...
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(Moscow-Sheremetyevo) - NizhnekamskNizhnekamskNizhnekamsk is a city in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, located to the south of the Kama River between the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny and Chistopol.Population: -History:...
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) - NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk is the second largest city in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located along the right bank of the Ob River. Population: 251,860 ; 239,044 ;...
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) - Nizhniy Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod International AirportNizhny Novgorod International AirportNizhny Novgorod International Airport is the international airport serving the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is located on the outskirts of the city's Avtozavodsky District, 14 km southwest of city centre.It was founded in 1936.The civil terminal offers a very large apron that can...
) - NovokuznetskNovokuznetskNovokuznetsk is a city in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Novokuznetsky District, but it is not administratively a part of it...
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) - Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
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) - SochiSochiSochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...
(Sochi International Airport) - YekaterinburgYekaterinburgYekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
(Koltsovo Airport)
- Anapa
International
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)
- Yerevan
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)
- Baku
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)
- Prague
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)
- Hurghada
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(Makedonia International Airport)
- Heraklion
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)
- Tel Aviv
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(Barcelona Airport)
- Barcelona
- Tajikstan
- DushanbeDushanbe-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...
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) - KhujandKhujandKhujand , also transliterated as Khudzhand, , formerly Khodjend or Khodzhent until 1936 and Leninabad until 1991, is the second-largest city of Tajikistan. It is situated on the Syr Darya River at the mouth of the Fergana Valley...
(Khujand Airport)
- Dushanbe
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)
- Antalya
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)
- Dubai
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(Simferopol International Airport)
- Simferopol
- UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
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(Tashkent Yuzhniy International Airport)
- Tashkent
Fleet
Tatarstan Airlines operates the following aircraft, as of July, 2010:| Aircraft | Total | Orders | Seating | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Economy | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | 3 | Deliveries: 1 in July, 2011, 3 in 2012 charter routes only |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 2 | 0 | To be phased out. Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320 Family Airbus A320 The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001... . To be returned to lessor starting 2013. |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Boeing 737-500 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Bombardier CRJ-200 | 0 | 2 | TBA | Deliveries: autumn 2011 | ||
| Tupolev Tu-154M | 5 | 0 | 3-class | |||
| all-economy | ||||||
| Yakovlev Yak-42 Yakovlev Yak-42 The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet... |
4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 1 | ||||