Aeroflot-Nord

Aeroflot-Nord Аэрофлот-Норд

IATA 5N	ICAO AUL	Callsign ARCHANGELSK AIR
Founded		2004
Hubs		Talagi Airport
Fleet size		31 (+22 orders)
Destinations		23
Parent company		Aeroflot
Headquarters		Arkhangelsk, Russia
Key people
Website: http://www.aeroflot-nord.ru/

CJSC "Aeroflot-Nord" (Russian: ЗАО «Аэрофлот-Норд») is an airline based in Arkhangelsk, Russia. It operates mainly scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main base is Talagi Airport, Arkhangelsk^[1].

1 History
2 Destinations
3 Fleet
4 Accidents and incidents
5 References
6 External links

History

Aeroflot-Nord Tupolev Tu-134A

The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian: Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Russian: Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991. In August 2004 Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was re-named as Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline^[2] It joined the European Regions Airline Association in December 2006. ^[3]

Destinations

Main article: Aeroflot-Nord destinations

Fleet

An Antonov-24RV of AVL at Tromsø Airport

The Aeroflot-Nord fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 25 December 2008) [1]:

**Aeroflot-Nord fleet**
Aircraft	Total
Antonov An-148	(14 orders)
Boeing 737-300	2
Boeing 737-500	16
Sukhoi Super Jet 100-95	(8 orders)
Tupolev Tu-134	13
Total number of aircraft:	31 (+22 orders)

Accidents and incidents

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Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500

Flight 821, flown under a combined service agreement with Aeroflot,^[4] crashed on approach to Perm Airport on 14 September 2008. All 88 passengers, including 7 children, and 6 crew members were killed. The weather at the time of accident was rainy and foggy. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 registration VP-BKO, departed from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. A part of the Trans-Siberian Railway was reportedly damaged by the crash.^[5]

Forensic examination "detected the presence of ethyl alcohol" in the pilot's body; passengers had reportedly claimed before takeoff that he appeared to be inebriated. The official report on the crash also noted that the flight crew had not received adequate training in flying the aircraft. The plane's "black box" flight recording of the last minutes of the flight reveals a disoriented flight crew shouting at each other in confusion.^[6]

Following the accident and concerns about safety procedures, Aeroflot chief executive Valery Okulov announced it would be stripping Aeroflot-Nord of the right to use the brand name Aeroflot and would be severing all ties between the companies.^[7]^[8] In spite of Okulov's declarations, Aeroflot Nord denied the company would change its name. ^[9]