Siberia Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания "Сибирь", in English it is incorrectly referred to as Sibir Airlines) is an airline based in Novosibirsk, Russia. It operates scheduled passenger flights to Russian and CIS destinations, as well as international services to China, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. Its main bases and hubs are Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow and Tolmachevo Airport (OVB), Novosibirsk, with a further hub at Irkutsk International Airport (IKT), Irkutsk. A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ... The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or alliance consisting of 11 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. ... Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: Домоде́дово) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an airport 35 km (22 miles) south of Moscow, Russia (55°24′32″ N 37°54′23″ E). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport (Аэропорт Толмачево in Russian) (IATA Airport Code OVB and ICAO Airport Code UNNT) is situated at 16 km from Novosibirsk, the industrial and scientific center for Siberia region in central Russia. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ... A traditional house in Irkutsk The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Irkutsk (Ирку́тск), the chief town of the Irkutsk Oblast, is one of the most important places in Siberia, being not only the principal commercial depot north of Tashkent, but also a fortified...

Code Data

• IATA Code: S7
• ICAO Code: SBI
• TCH Code: С7

The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

History

Siberia Airlines was established in May 1992 at Ob, a city near Novosibirsk. 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... OB can stand for: OtakuBoards, a message board, with its main focus set at anime. ...

It is a successor of former Tolmachevo United Avia Squadron (Russian: Толмачевский объединенный авиаотряд), which was a local subsidiary of Aeroflot. Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ...

Tolmachevo United Avia Squadron dates back to 12 July 1957, when it accomplished the first flight from Moscow to Novosibirsk. The first international flight was carried in 1991 to Harbin, China. In 1994 the airline joined IATA. Also that year it became an open joint stock company and had started first international route (as Siberia Airlines) from Novosibirsk to Frankfurt, Germany. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... A joint stock company is a special kind of partnership. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ...   Frankfurt am Main? [ˈfraÅ‹kfÊŠrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ...

In the first half of the 1990s Siberia Airlines was a medium-size regional airline like many others created from the former Aeroflot. It was mainly focused on domestic flights from Novosibirsk. However, by the end of the decade the airline started aggressive expansion in Russian domestic market. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Aeroflot — Russian Airlines (Russian:Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии), or Aeroflot (Аэрофло́т) , is the Russian national airline and is the biggest carrier in Russia. ...

Siberia Airlines has grown mainly through a series of mergers with smaller regional airlines. In 1999 it opened Moscow branch in Vnukovo International Airport. The charter flights program from Sheremetyevo International Airport followed in 2000. Also the company created a hub in Irkutsk. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Located at 28 km from the center of Moscow, Vnukovo Airport (Аэропорт Внуково in Russian) (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW) was the first international airport in the Moscow region. ... Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russian: Шереме́тьево) (IATA: SVO, ICAO: UUEE), also known as Sheremetyevo-2, is an International airport which serves Moscow, Russia (located 55° 58′ 21″ N 37° 24′ 53″ E). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A traditional house in Irkutsk The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Irkutsk (Ирку́тск), the chief town of the Irkutsk Oblast, is one of the most important places in Siberia, being not only the principal commercial depot north of Tashkent, but also a fortified...

In the start of the 2000s the airline also acquired one of the major Moscow-market players - Vnukovo Airlines, based in Vnukovo International Airport. Thus, in 2001 it became the second-largest carrier in Russia. Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... Located at 28 km from the center of Moscow, Vnukovo Airport (Аэропорт Внуково in Russian) (IATA: VKO, ICAO: UUWW) was the first international airport in the Moscow region. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Since 2002 all Moscow flights are operated from Domodedovo International Airport, which is the biggest hub of the company so far. The company started a close partnership with Armenian airline Armavia and owns 70% of that company. Siberia Airlines crews operate Armavia A320s on flights from Erevan to Moscow and Novosibirsk. 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: Домоде́дово) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an airport 35 km (22 miles) south of Moscow, Russia (55°24′32″ N 37°54′23″ E). ... Armavia is an airline based at Zvartnots Airport, Yerevan in Armenia. ... The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ... Yerevan (Armenian: Երեվան or Երևան; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erivan and Erebuni) (population: 1,201,539 (1989 census); 1,088,300 (2004 estimate)[1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ...

As of 2003 it was the second-largest airline in Russia. It ranked second in Russian international flights market and first in the domestic market. The airline carried 3.4 million of passengers in 2003. It employs 4950 staff (at January 2005). 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, Siberia Airlines rolled out its new livery, features marketing strategy focusing on the brand "S7". 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Incidents and Accidents

• October 4, 2001: A Tupolev Tu-154M jet operating as Siberia Airlines flight 1812 (RA-85693) en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi after being accidentally hit by a Ukrainian S200 surface-to-air missile, killing all 78 people on board.

• August 24, 2004: A Tupolev Tu-154B2 jet operating as Siberia Airlines flight 1047 (RA-85556) en route from Moscow to Sochi exploded and crashed due to a terrorist bombing near Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 46 people on board.

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Services

Siberia Airlines operates the following services (at January 2005):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Chelyabinsk, Chita, Adler/Sochi, Barnaul, Bratsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Magnitogorsk, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhnevartovsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Norilsk, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Novy Urengoy, Omsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Rostov, St Petersburg, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladikavkaz, Vladivostok, Yakutsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

• International scheduled destinations: Baku, Bangkok, Beijing, Donetsk, Dubai, Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Khudzhand, Kiev, Kutaisi, Munich, Seoul, Shenyang, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Urumqi and Yerevan.

Chelyabinsk Theatre. ... Chita may refer to one of the following. ... Adler is a common German name; it means eagle. ... Sochi Coat of Arms, adopted on 15 June 1967 Sochi (Russian: Со́чи) is the most popular Russian resort, situated in the Krasnodar Krai, near the Russian border with Abkhazia, Georgia. ... Barnaul sign near the Ob River Barnaul (Russian Барнау́л, pop. ... Bratsk is a Russian city in the Irkutsk Oblast in eastern Siberia. ... A traditional house in Irkutsk The Yenisei watershed, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Irkutsk (Ирку́тск), the chief town of the Irkutsk Oblast, is one of the most important places in Siberia, being not only the principal commercial depot north of Tashkent, but also a fortified... Kazan (Tatar Qazan, Казан, Russian Казань) is the capital city of Tatarstan and one of Russias largest cities. ... Kemerovo (Russian: Кемерово) is an industrial city on the River Tom situated east-northeast of Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia (55 25N 86 05E). ... Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) is the capital and largest city of the Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, some 30 km from the Chinese border. ... Krasnodar (Russian, Краснодар) is a city in Southern Russia on the Kuban River, and is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodar region, also known as Kuban, Russian Кубань). ... This monument commemorates the vital role Magnitogorsk played supplying steel for weapons in World War II. Magnitogorsk (Russian:Магнитого́рск) is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River in Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country. ... Makhachkala (Russian: Махачкала́) is a city in Russia, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan. ... Mineralnye Vody (Russian: Минеральные Воды) is a town located in the Stavropol Krai in southwestern Russia. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from... Nizhnevartovsk (Нижнева́ртовск), is a town in Khantia-Mansia, Russia. ... Area  - Total 260,000 mi² Population  - City (2003)  - Metropolitan 1,334,249 2 million approx. ... Originally founded as a Soviet forced labor camp in 1935, Norilsk is now a major city in Krasnoyarsk Krai with some 175,000 residents. ... Novokuznetsk (Russian Новокузне́цк, pop. ... Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ... Omsk from space, April 1994 Omsk (Омск in Russian), a city in the southwest of Siberia in Russia, capital of the Omsk Oblast. ... Categories: Russia-related stubs | Cities in Russia | Kamchatka ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Tomsk (Томск) (2002 pop. ... Ulan-Ude (Ула́н-Удэ́, Buryat: Улаан-Удэ), formerly Verkhneudinsk (Верхнеу́динск), the capital of Buryatia, Russia, is located at the foot of the mountains and is divided into two parts by the Uda river, a tributary of the Selenga river. ... Photo of Vladikavkaz cathedral mosque in 1912. ... Vladivostok Train Station. ... The tower of ostrog, a XVII century Russian fort in Yakutsk Yakutsk (Russian: ; Yakut: Дьокуускай) (pop. ... Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Ю́жно-Сахали́нск) is a city in Sakhalin, Russia, administrative center of the Sakhalin Oblast. ... Baku (Azeri: Bakı, Russian: Баку) is the capital of Azerbaijan. ... Bangkok from the Chao Phraya River at sunset, July 2004 The Modern Bangkok Skyline. ...   Beijing? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Donetsk heavy industry Donetsk (Ukrainian: , Donetsk; Russian: ) is a city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. ... Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula, or that emirates main city, sometimes called Dubai City to distinguish it from the emirate. ... Dushanbe (Душанбе), population of more than 536,000 people (2000 census), is the capital of Tajikistan. ... Düsseldorf in Germany The Düsseldorf Coat of Arms Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...   Frankfurt am Main? [ˈfraÅ‹kfÊŠrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... A monument to St. ... Kutaisi (Georgian: ; ancient names: Aea/Aia, Kutatisi, Kutaïssi ) is Georgias second city in the western province of Imereti. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ... Seoul (서울,   listen?) is the capital of South Korea and is one of the most populous cities in the world, located in the northwestern part of the country on the Han River. ... Location within China Major districts of Shenyang. ... 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Fleet

The Siberia Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (by August, 2005):

• 5 Airbus A310-300
• 5 Boeing 737-500
• 9 Ilyushin Il-86
• 2 Tupolev Tu-204-100
• 30 Tupolev Tu-154

The first western aircraft, Airbus A310, were acquired in 2004. During the 1990s the airline also used Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26 and Tupolev Tu-134. The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus Industrie. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ... Il-86 of Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise at St. ... Tu 204 at MACS 1999 The Tupolev Tu-204 is a twin-engined medium range Russian airliner capable of carrying 212 passengers. ... Overhead view of Tu-154 airliner, operated by Aeroflot at Moscow airport. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonov An-24 approaching The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in Russia by The Antonov Design Bureau. ... The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24 passenger aircraft, with particular attention made to the potential military use. ... An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name Crusty) was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. ...

In summer 2004 during the Farnborough Air Show the company signed a memorandum of intention to purchase 50 of new Sukhoi Russian Regional Jet with the first plane to be delivered in 2007. The final contract is to be signed later this year. It would make Siberia Airlines the launch customer and the largest customer of these planes so far. 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Airbus A340 at Farnborough The Red Arrows in formation at Farnborough The Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. ... Sukhoi Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) The Sukhoi Russian Regional Jet (Самолёт Российский Региональный Сухого), or Sukhoi RRJ, is an airlinerfamily in the 60 to 95-seat category. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2005, the airline introduced Boeing 737-500. 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ...

External links

• Siberia Airlines
• Siberia Airlines Airbus Fleet Detail