Saratov Airlines
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| Founded | 1931 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 28 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Saratov, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Alexei Vakhromeev, Director | ||||||
| Website | saratovairlines.ru | ||||||
Saratov Airlines (Saratov Airlines Joint Stock Company, Russian: Саратовские авиалинии, Saratovskije avialinii) is a Russian airline headquartered in Saratov and based at Saratov Tsentralny Airport.
Saratov Airlines was founded in 1931. It was called "Saratov United Air Squad" and was a part of Aeroflot. The airline has received a prestigious award, "Krylia Rossii" (Russian Wings), three times. Until 2013 it operated as Saravia (Russian: Саравиа).
In December 2013, Saratov Airlines, became the first Russian operator of Embraer E-Jets, with the arrival of two Embraer 195 114-seat aircraft.
On 14 October 2015, the Russian aviation authorities sanctioned Saratov Airlines after a violation of security rules. The airline was therefore no longer allowed to operate flights to destinations outside of Russia from 26 October 2015. However, by May 2016 the airline had resumed international charter services.
As of October 2016, Saratov Airlines operates the following domestic scheduled and international charter passenger flights:
Saratov Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft as of December 2016:
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