NordStar

Nordstar
IATA ICAO Callsign
Y7 TYA[1] TAIMYR[1]
Founded 2009
Hubs Norilsk-Alykel Airport, Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo Airport
Secondary hubs Moscow-Domodedovo International Airport, Novosibirsk International Airport
Fleet size 15
Destinations 45
Company slogan Easy to fly
Parent company Norilsk Nickel
Headquarters Norilsk, Russia
Key people S E Barbashin (General Director)
Website www.nordstar.su
NordStar B737-800 landing at St Petersburg

OJSC Taimyr Air Company (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Таймыр»), operating as NordStar, is a Russian airline based in Norilsk. Its main base is Alykel Airport.

History

NordStar was founded by Norilsk Nickel and was launched on 17 December 2008, based on local Taimyr Peninsula airlines. NordStar replaced KrasAir as the biggest airline of Krasnoyarsky kray.

NordStar operated its first flight on 17 June 2009, from Norilsk to Moscow-Domodedovo and Krasnoyarsk.

In 2010 and 2011, from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Norilsk, Nordstar launched flights to Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Yekatrinburg, Tomsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Baykit, Vanavara, Tungunsk, Turukhansk, Severo-Eniseisk, Igarka, Dushanbe and Tashkent.

NordStar's fleet consists of 9 Boeing 737–800 jets, which are equipped with business and economy classes. In 2011, 4 ATR 42-500s joined the fleet, for regional services. In the near future, NordStar will develop a passenger loyalty program and extend its route network.

On December 1, 2011 Norilsk Nickel, Taimyr Airlines's parent company, reported that Nordavia is to be merged with Taimyr Air Company.[2]

Destinations

This is a list of cities NordStar flies to (as of December 2015).

Main article: NordStar destinations

Fleet

The NordStar fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 30 June 2016):[3][4]

NordStar Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 42-500 5[5] 5 0 46 46 5 ATR 42-600 orders will be delivered in 2016 onwards
Boeing 737-300 1 0 148 148 Leased from Nordavia, to be phased out
Boeing 737-800 9 1 10 162 172 1 due as VQ-KRT ex EI-RUA.
Total 15 6

References

  1. 1 2 "FAAO JO 7340.2". faa.gov. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. Aviapott digest, December 1st, 2011, Nordavia is to be merged in Taimyr Air Company.
  3. "ПАРК ВОЗДУШНЫХ СУДОВ". nordstar.ru. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. "NordStar Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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