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Moscow Airways

Moscow Airways was a Russian airline that was formed as a subsidiary of Aeroflot to operate the airline's fleet of Ilyushin Il-62s.[1]

History

It began operating in 1991, flying passengers and airfreight.[2] Among the airline's destinations by 1993 were Sharjah (United Arab Emirates)[2][3] and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), from where Moscow Airways ferried home South African Muslims returning from pilgrimage.[4]

Moscow Airways operated, from 1993 to 1996, an Ilyushin Il-76TD (tail number RA-76498) that was built in 1982,[5][6][7] and also flew a Tupolev Tu-154M (RA-85681) that carried passengers on charter flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport;[7][8] both aircraft previously belonged to Aeroflot.[7] In 1993, the airline ordered fifty Beriev Be-32Ps.[9][10] These were never built nor delivered.

The airline stopped operations in 1996 after the fatal accident in Africa which killed approximately 300 people.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 8 January 1996, an Air Africa Antonov An-32 aircraft (RA-26222) which had been wet-leased from Moscow Airways to Scibe Airlift crashed into a market shortly after taking off from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people.[11] At the time, the Russian Ministry of Transport had "suspended or withdrawn" Moscow Airways' air operator's license.[12]

References

  1. Jay P. Pederson. International Directory of Company Histories St. James Press, 2007, retrieved 1 February 2012^
  2. John K. Morton. Flying Freighters MBI Publishing, 2001, retrieved 1 February 2012^
  3. Middle East Economic Digest MEED, 1993, retrieved 3 February 2012^
  4. South Africa, 1993: Official yearbook South African Communication Service, 1993, retrieved 3 February 2012^
  5. Air pictorial: journal of the Air League Air League of the British Empire, 1998, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  6. Photo Search Results: 'Ilyushin Il-76/78/82', 'Moscow Airways' Airliners.net, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  7. John K. Morton. Jetliner glory: airliner liveries Airlife, 1997, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  8. Photo Search Results: 'Tupolev Tu-154', 'Moscow Airways' Airliners.net, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  9. Gerard Frawley. The International Directory of Civil Aircraft, 2001/2002 Aerospace Publications, 2001, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  10. Frederick Thomas Jane. Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 2001–2002 2001, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  11. Ben R. Guttery. Encyclopedia of African Airlines McFarland, 1998, retrieved 2 February 2012^
  12. Aerospace Royal Aeronautical Society, 1996, retrieved 2 February 2012^