Atran Airlines
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| Founded | 1942 (as Moscow Aviation Enterprise) | ||||||
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| Hubs | Domodedovo International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Parent company | Volga-Dnepr Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Roman Romanovch Krishtal (General Director) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.atran.ru | ||||||
Atran, LLC (Russian: ООО «Атран») is a cargo airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates cargo charters in Europe, Russia and the CIS. Its main base is Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow.
The airline was established and started operations in 1942 as an Aeroflot agency, with the name Moscow Aviation Enterprise. The original function of the airline was to deliver spare parts for aircraft. In 1962 the airline had started operations of heavy freighters, and by the 1980 had a fleet of 29 covering the entire Soviet Union and changing its name to Transport Aviation.
In 1990, the company was created as the first independent airline in the Soviet Union and at the same time changing its name to Aviatrans. It became a private public limited liability company in 1993. The present name has been in use since January 1997. It is owned by its employees (73%), the state of Russia (25%) and public holdings (2%).
Since 2011 Atran has been a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group.
As of July 2012, the Atran fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Atran has previously operated the following aircraft types:
On 29 July 2007, an Atran Antonov An-12, registration RA-93912, crashed 4 km from Domodedovo International Airport after taking off on a flight on the route Moscow-Omsk-Bratsk, killing 7 crew members.
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