ALROSA (airline)

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.

ALROSA
IATA ICAO Callsign
6R DRU MIRNY
Founded2000 (2000)
Hubs
Fleet size5
Destinations11
Parent companyALROSA
HeadquartersMirny, Russia
Websitealrosa.aero

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[1] and operated passenger charter services in Russia and the CIS out of Moscow Vnukovo Airport.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Destinations
Alrosa An-38 wearing an old livery
Alrosa Boeing 737-800

Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise serves the following destinations within Russia (as of December 2015):[5]

Russia
Russia/Ukraine (disputed territory of Crimea)

Fleet

As of July 2022, the ALROSA fleet - excluding helicopters - includes the following aircraft:[6]

Alrosa-Avia fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Antonov An-24RV 1 — — 48 48
Antonov An-38 1 — — 26 26
Boeing 737-700 2 — — 136 136
Boeing 737-800 1 — 12 144 166
Irkut MC-21-300 — 3[7]
TBA
 Deliveries planned to begin in 2023.[8]
Sukhoi Superjet 100 — 2
TBA
 Letter of intent signed in 2018.[9]
Total 5 5

Accidents and Incidents
RA-85684, the Tupolev Tu-154M involved in the 2010 incident of Alrosa Flight 514
  • 7 September 2010 (2010-09-07): 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.

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 74.
  2. "RA-85684 | Tupolev Tu-154M | Alrosa Airlines | Artyom Kuzhlev".
  3. "Farewell: Russia's Final Civil Tu-154 Makes Its Final Flight". 29 October 2020.
  4. "Last civil Tu-154 in Russia carries out final flight".
  5. "Расписание". Мирнинское авиационное предприятие. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  6. "Our fleet". alrosa.aero. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. "Russia's Alrosa to lease 3+3 MC-21-300s from IFC". ch-aviation.com. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. "Irkut MC-21 Wins Few Airline Orders at MAKS 2017". ainonline.com. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  9. "Alrosa Airlines to replace its vintage Tupolevs with Superjet 100s". Russian Aviation Insider. 26 November 2018.
  10. Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Alrosa Mirny T154 at Izhma on Sep 7th 2010, loss of electrics and landing on helicopter platform". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  11. "Lucky Tu-154 crash landing in Komi". BarentsObserver. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  12. "Pilots Called Heroes After Crash Landing". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.

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