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Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1996 | ||||||
Operating bases | Sheremetyevo International Airport | ||||||
Parent company | Aeroflot | ||||||
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
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]
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 ceased operations in 1996 after the fatal accident in Africa which killed approximately 300 people.[citation needed]
Main article: 1996 Air Africa Antonov An-32 crash |