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IrAero
ИрАэро
IrAero Sukhoi Superjet 100-95
IATA ICAO Call sign
IO IAE IRAERO
Founded1999 (1999)
HubsIrkutsk[1]
Secondary hubs
Fleet size32[2]
Destinations60[3]
HeadquartersIrkutsk, Russia
Websiteiraero.ru

IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.[4] It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is in Irkutsk Airport. It is currently banned from flying into EU airspace along with all other Russian airlines.[5]

History

The airline was established in 1999 in Irkutsk, Russia.

Destinations

IrAero flies to a number of destinations from its hubs in Russia: Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Magadan, and Moscow. It also carries out international flights to a number of countries including Turkey,[6] Azerbaijan,[7] China,[8] Mongolia, and Vietnam.

Fleet

IrAero Bombardier CRJ200LR
IrAero Sukhoi Superjet 100

Current fleet

As of July 2022, the IrAero fleet comprises the following aircraft:[2]

IrAero fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A319-100 1 — — 156 156
Antonov An-24 19 — — 48 48
Antonov An-26
Bombardier CRJ200LR 1 — — 50 50
Sukhoi Superjet 100 11 — 12 81 93
Yakovlev MC-21-300 — 10 TBA Launch customer,[9] delayed delivery originally scheduled for 2019.[10][11]
Total 32 10

Historical fleet

The IrAero fleet previously also included the following aircraft types:[12]

Accidents

On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk during landing at the end of a flight from Chita. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no casualties.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d iraero.ru - Flight map retrieved 7 May 2022
  2. ^ a b Airline fleet of IrAero (official) Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Iraero.ru, retrieved 7 May 2022
  3. ^ IrAero official destinations Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine IrAero.ru, retrieved on 10 Jun 2017
  4. ^ Home page Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. IrAero. Retrieved on 6 September 2012. "Sovetskaya str 139A Irkutsk, Russia, 664009" - Address in Russian: "улица Советская, дом 139а Иркутск, Россия, 664009"
  5. ^ "The EU Air Safety List - European Commission". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  6. ^ Liu, Jim (9 April 2025). "IrAero NS25 Sochi Network Expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim (9 April 2025). "IrAero Adds Orenburg – Baku in NS25". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. ^ Лучкин, Виктор (8 March 2025). "Хоть в Томск, хоть в Шанхай. Новые регулярные рейсы из аэропорта Иркутска появятся через месяц". IrCity.RU (in Russian). Сетевое издание «Ирсити.ру». Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Russia's IrAero named as MC-21 launch operator".
  10. ^ "Авиакомпания "Ираэро" и Корпорация "Иркут" заключили контракт на поставку 10 самолетов МС-21". 28 August 2013.
  11. ^ ""ИрАэро" в 2019 году планирует получить 10 самолетов МС-21". tass.ru. 17 July 2017.
  12. ^ aerotransport.org retrieved 7 May 2022
  13. ^ Hradecky, Simon (8 August 2011). "Accident: IrAero AN24 at Blagoveshchensk on Aug 8th 2011, runway excursion". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  14. ^ Авиационное происшествие с самолетом Ан-24 в аэропорту г. Благовещенска 08.08.2011 г. (in Russian). Federal Service for Supervision of Transport (Rostransnadzor). 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2011.

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