Orenair

Orenair (Orenburg Airlines)
ORENAIR — Оренбургские авиалинии

IATA R2[1] ICAO ORB[1] Callsign ORENBURG[1]
Founded	August 28, 1932(as Aeroflot, 1992(as Orenair)
Hubs	Orenburg Tsentralny Airport
Fleet size	81
Destinations	12
Headquarters	Orenburg, Russia
Key people	Boris Alexandrovich Portnikov (General Director)
Website	www.orenair.ru

Orenburg Airlines (Russian: Оренбургские авиалинии^[2][3]) is an airline based in Orenburg, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services and inclusive tour charters, as well as aerial work and special flights. Its main base is Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, with hubs at Domodedovo and Orsk.^[4]

History

Boeing 777-200ER at Sheremetyevo International Airport (October 2011).

The airline was formed from the Aeroflot Orenburg Division, which was established in 1932. It started operations in 1992 under its present name. It was the first Russian domestic airline to introduce the hub system of connecting flights in Orenburg, providing a full service for transfer passengers, and the first Russian domestic airline to introduce through air fares.^[4] In 2010, Orenair was acquired by Aeroflot and is likely to engage in a fleet modernization process as a result of the merger.^[5]

Destinations

Orenburg Airlines operates the following scheduled services (as of July 2011):^[6][7]

• From Orenburg (domestic)
  • Anapa
  • Krasnodar
  • Mineralnye Vody
  • Moscow
    • Domodedovo Airport
    • Sheremetyevo Airport
  • St. Petersburg¹
  • Sochi
• From Orenburg (international)
  • Dushanbe
  • Düsseldorf¹
  • Hannover
  • Kiev
    • Boryspil Airport
  • Khudzhand
  • Tel Aviv [begins 15 September]
• From Omsk
  • Düsseldorf
  • Hannover
• From Orsk
  • Moscow (DME)¹
• From Ufa
  • Sochi
• From Chelyabinsk
  • Sochi
• From Chelyabinsk (international)
  • Düsseldorf
  • Antalya
  • Barcelona
  • Heraklion
  • Rhodes
  • Rimini
• From Perm
  • Sochi
• From Samara
  • Sochi
  • Anapa¹
  • Nizhnevartovsk¹

¹ Business class available.

The airline operates charter flights from and to Kazan, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Rostov-na-Donu, Samara, Sharm el-Sheikh, Ufa, Volgograd, Goa, Poprad-Tatry and other destinations.

Fleet

Fixed-wing aircraft fleet

The Orenair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 20 October 2011):^{[8][9][10][11]}

Orenair (Orenburg Airlines) Boeing 737-500

Orenair fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	Orders	Passengers				Registration	Notes
			C	Y+	Y	Total
Boeing 737-400	2	0	0	—	168	168
Boeing 737-500	1	0	16	—	97	113	VP-BGR
	2		14	—	108	122	VP-BPE, VP-BPF	flexible two-class layout
			10	—	114	124
	1		—	—	131	131	VP-BEW
Boeing 737-800	10	2	—	—	189	189
	4		12	—	156	168	VQ-BIZ, VQ-BNK, VQ-BLW, VQ-BLX[12]
Boeing 777-200ER[13]	1	0	14	34	316	364	VQ-BNU	leased from ILFC, ex-Air Austral[14]
Tupolev Tu-204	1	0	—	—	208	208	RA-64017[15]

As of January 2010, the average age of western-built Orenair fleet was 13.7 years.^[16]

Helicopter fleet

Orenair helicopter fleet^[8]

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Mil Mi-2	8	6
Mil Mi-8T	2	22
Mil Mi-8P	1	14
Kamov Ka-226	2	6

Previously operated

As of August 2006 the airline also operated:^[17]

• 1 Yakovlev Yak-40

External links

• Orenair

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Airlinecodes
2. ^ With the official name of Federal State Unitary Enterprise – Russian: Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие „Оренбургские авиалинии”.
3. ^ The B.737s bear the title “Orenair”, while the Tu-134s and Tu-154s carry either “Orenburg Airlines” or “Orenair”, as it can be seen in the pictures on Airliners website and other sources.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 59. 2007-04-10. 
5. ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aeroflot-looks-for-consolidation-boost-341921/
6. ^ http://www.orenair.ru/regyl_full/
7. ^ Flightstats
8. ^ ^{a b} http://www.orenair.ru/flot/
9. ^ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=ORE
10. ^ http://airfleets.net/flottecie/Orenair.htm
11. ^ http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Orenair-(Orenburg-Airlines)
12. ^ Aviaport news, Oct 28, 2011
13. ^ Orenair official page
14. ^ Planespotters.net data on Boeing 777-2Q8(ER) MSN 29908
15. ^ Planespotter.net page for Tupolev Tu-204 MSN 1450742564017
16. ^ http://airfleets.net/ageflotte/Orenair.htm
17. ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006.