RusLine
RusLine is a regional airline from Russia, which operates mostly domestic regional flights, as well as holiday charters. Its headquarters are located in the Omega Plaza business centre in Moscow, Russia, with the city's Domodedovo International Airport serving as most important base for flight operations.
History
The company was founded in 1999 as Aerotex Airlines and was originally based at Sheremetyevo International Airport. In March 2013, it was renamed to today's RusLine, which coincided with a move to Vnukovo International Airport shortly after.On 1 April 2010, RusLine acquired the assets and brand name of bankrupt Air Volga. This included six Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft, and Air Volga's base at Volgograd International Airport. Subsequently, the Vnukovo operations were closed and moved to more modern Domodedovo International Airport, and the Air Volga livery was applied to a number of RusLine's aircraft. In certain cases, the Air Volga titles were also kept. Further aircraft bases were set up at Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg and Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg.
Route network
, RusLine operates scheduled flights to the following destinations.| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
| Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | ||
| Berlin | Berlin Tegel Airport | ||
| Aktau | Aktau Airport | ||
| Aktobe | Aktobe Airport | ||
| Riga | Riga International Airport | ||
| Beirut | Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport | ||
| Palanga | Palanga International Airport | ||
| Bergen | Bergen Airport, Flesland | ||
| Oslo | Oslo Airport, Gardermoen | ||
| Belgorod | Belgorod International Airport | ||
| Elista | Elista Airport | ||
| Gelendzhik | Gelendzhik Airport | ||
| Irkutsk | Irkutsk International Airport | ||
| Ivanovo | Ivanovo Airport | ||
| Izhevsk | Izhevsk Airport | ||
| Kaluga | Grabtsevo Airport | ||
| Kirov | Pobedilovo Airport | ||
| Krasnodar | Pashkovsky Airport | ||
| Lipetsk | Lipetsk Airport | ||
| Yoshkar-Ola | Yoshkar-Ola Airport | ||
| Makhachkala | Uytash Airport | ||
| Mineralnye Vody | Mineralnye Vody Airport | ||
| Moscow | Vnukovo International Airport | ||
| Nadym | Nadym Airport | ||
| Nizhnekamsk/Naberezhnye Chelny | Begishevo Airport | ||
| Novosibirsk | Tolmachevo Airport | ||
| Penza | Penza Airport | ||
| Petrozavodsk | Petrozavodsk Airport | ||
| Saint Petersburg | Pulkovo Airport | ||
| Samara | Kurumoch International Airport | ||
| Saransk | Saransk Airport | ||
| Saratov | Saratov Gagarin Airport | ||
| Sochi | Sochi International Airport | ||
| Ufa | Ufa International Airport | ||
| Ulan-Ude | Baikal International Airport | ||
| Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport | ||
| Volgograd | Gumrak Airport | ||
| Vorkuta | Vorkuta Airport | ||
| Voronezh | Voronezh International Airport | ||
| Yekaterinburg | Koltsovo Airport |
Fleet
Originally, the airline operated several ageing Soviet-built aircraft. The first Western airliner, a 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100, was introduced with RusLine in February 2008. Over the following years, further planes of that type were added. In April 2012, RusLine took delivery of two larger Airbus A319 aircraft formerly owned by easyJet in order to address the growing demand for charter flights. The airline contains 20 CRJ-200 aircraft with 5 on order from UTAir with delivery from 2016.Current fleet
, the RusLine fleet consists of the following aircraft:| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
| Bombardier CRJ100ER | 11 | — | 50 | |
| Bombardier CRJ200ER | 6 | — | 50 | |
| Total | 17 |
Historic fleet
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
| Airbus A319 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Bombardier CRJ100 | Current, 4 retired 2012-2018 | |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 2008 | Current, 6 retired 2011-2018 |
| Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia | 2011 | 2015 |
| Tupolev Tu-134 | 1997 | 2011 |
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | 1997 | 2011 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 20 June 2011, 47 people died in the crash of Flight 243. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134 had been leased by RusLine from RusAir and was approaching Petrozavodsk Airport, completing a flight from Moscow-Domodedovo. Due to poor visibility conditions, the pilots were unaware that they descended too rapidly, so that the aircraft struck trees and impacted on a highway. There were five survivors.