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Metrojet (Russian airline)

Kogalymavia
Авиакомпания Когалымавиа
d.b.a. Metrojet
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IATA ICAO Callsign
7K KGL KOGALYM
Founded
  • 1993 (as Kolavia)
  • 2012 (rebranded to Metrojet)
Ceased operations 2015(Temporarily Suspension of Operations)
Hubs Domodedovo International Airport
Secondary hubs
Focus cities Vladivostok International Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 16
Key people Nikolai Nikolayevich Zolnikov, General Director
Website metrojet.ru

Kogalymavia (Russian: ООО «Авиакомпания Когалымавиа»), DBA Metrojet (IATA: 7KICAO: KGL), was a Russian airline based in Kogalym, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Its home base was at Kogalym International Airport, with the main hub at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow. It suspended all operations in December 2015.

Kogalymavia started operations in May 1993. Since 2005 the airline flew mostly international charter services to leisure destinations under the brand name Kolavia.

In May 2012, Kogalymavia changed its marketing branding from Kolavia to Metrojet as part of their then newly established joint-venture with TUI Russia & CIS, a subsidiary of German tourism company TUI Travel. Up until August 2014, when the joint-venture was broken up, Metrojet operated on behalf of TUI and has flown independently since.

On 5 December 2015, Metrojet suspended all remaining operations after a severe decrease of passengers due to the aforementioned incident and the security situation at its primary leisure destinations in Egypt. It announced to review all operations and might resume services in summer 2016. It filed for bankruptcy in March 2016.

Metrojet operated the following routes:

The Kogalymavia fleet included the following aircraft, as of August 2016:

Metrojet and its predecessor Kolavia also operated the following aircraft in the past:


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