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Nordavia
Нордавиа

IATA 5N	ICAO AUL	Callsign ARCHANGELSK AIR

Founded

1963 (as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron)
1991 (as AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines)
2004 (as Aeroflot-Nord)
2009 (as Nordavia)

Bases

Sheremetyevo International Airport
Talagi Airport

Focus cities

Pulkovo Airport

Fleet size

Destinations

Headquarters

Arkhangelsk, Russia

Key people

Vladimir Antonov (Chairman) ^[1]

Website

www.aeroflot-nord.ru

JSC "Nordavia" (Russian: ЗАО «Нордавиа»), formerly known as Aeroflot-Nord (Russian: ЗАО «Аэрофлот-Норд») is an airline based in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It operates mainly scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Talagi Airport in Arkhangelsk and Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.^[2]

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 Accidents and incidents
5 References
6 External links

History

An Aeroflot-Nord Antonov-24RV.

An Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500.

An Aeroflot-Nord Tupolev Tu-134A.

The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian: Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Russian: Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991. In August 2004 Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was re-named Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline.^[3] It joined the European Regions Airline Association in December 2006.

As the contract with Aeroflot ceased on 1 December 2009, the airline operates since then independently as Nordavia.^[4] Reasons for the retreat of Aeroflot were the bad press the subsidiary received following the Aeroflot Flight 821 disaster, and the decision of Russian aviation officials dating from 15 July 2009, to impose restrictions (including ban on international charter tours) on then Aeroflot-Nord flight operations due to insufficient security and bad finances. ^[5]

Destinations

Main article: Nordavia destinations

Fleet

The Nordavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 1 December 2009):^[6]

**Aeroflot-Nord fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Notes
Antonov An-24	5 ^[7]
Boeing 737-300	2	1 aircraft stored at CHR
Boeing 737-500	17	2 aircraft stored at BUD 2 aircraft stored at DME 1 aircraft stored at BOH 1 aircraft stored at SIP
Total	24

Accidents and incidents

On 14 September 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821, flown under a combined service agreement with Aeroflot,^[8] crashed on approach to Perm Airport, Russia. All 88 passengers; including 7 children and 6 crew members were killed.^[9]