List of defunct airlines of Russia

This is a list of defunct airlines of Russia.^[1]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise		UKU	PYSHMA	1993	2011
61 Vozdushnaya Armiya				1998	2009	Rebranded as Voyennaya Transportnaya Aviatsiya
Aviaprima	J5	PRL		1993	1999	Merged with Aerolat and Chernomor-Union to form Chernomor-Avia
Adygea Airlines		MKP		1997	2005
Aero Rent	PC	NRO	AEROMASTER	1995	2011
Aeroflot-Cargo	SU	RCF	AEROFLOT CARGO	2005	2009	Rolled back into Aeroflot
Aeroflot-Don	D9	DNV		2000	2009	Reverted to Donavia
Aeroflot-Nord	5N	AVL	DVINA	2004	2009	Rebranded as Nordavia
Aeroflot-Plus	P3	PLS	AEROPLUS	1992	2010	Rebranded as Jetalliance East
Aerofreight Airlines	RS	FRT		1997	2003
Aerokuzbass		NKZ		1999	2006	Shut down after management was caught smuggling goods to Iran^[2]
Aerotex Airlines				1999	2013	Rebranded as RusLine
AeroVolga		VOG		1993	1999	Merged into Samara Airlines
Air Bashkortostan	ZU	BBT	AGYDAL	2006	2013
Air Samara				2010	2014
AiRUnion				2005	2008
Air Volga	G6	WLG	GOUMRAK	2008	2010	Acquired by RusLine, name used for RusLine's regional flights
Airlines 400		VAZ		1999	2007	Rebranded as Red Wings Airlines
Airstars	PL	ASE	MOROZOV	1997	2011
Ak Bars Aero	2B	BGM	BUGAVIA	2010	2015
Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines
AIS Airlines		AIS		1992	1999
AJT Air International	E9	TRJ		1992	2003
Ak Bars Aero	2B	BGM	BUGAVIA	2010	2015
ALAK				1991	1999
Alania Airlines	2D	OST	ALANIA	1996	2009	Acquired by VIM Airlines
Airlines of Kuban	GW	KIL		2004	2010	Rebranded as Kuban Airlines
Alliance Avia		NZP		2000	2006
Alpha Airlines				2004	2006
Alrosa-Avia		LRO	ALROSA	1993	2008
Amur Airlines				2007	2010
Arkhangelsk Airlines				1991	2004	Rebranded as Aeroflot-Nord
Astair	ZA	SUW		1998	2005	Rebranded as Interavia Airlines
Astrakhan Airlines	OB	ASZ	Air Astrakhan	1994	2005
Atlant-Soyuz Airlines	7B	AYZ	ATLANT-SOYUZ	1993	2010	Rebranded as Moscow Airlines
Atruvera Aviation		AUV	Atruvera	1992	2006
Aviaarktika				1930	1960	Absorbed into Aeroflot
Aviaenergo	7U	ERG	AVIAENERGO	1993	2011
Aviaexpresscruise	E6	BKS		1993	2004
Aviakultura				1922	1922
Avial NV		NVI	NEW AVIAL	1991	2011
Avianova	AO	NET	NOVA	2009	2011
Aviapanh				1991	2011
Aviaprad	WR	VID	AVIAPRAD	1996	2008
Aviast Air				1992	2009
Avis Amur				2004	2011	Operations suspended following crash
Baikal Airlines	X3	BKL		1992	2002	Absorbed into Siberia Airlines
BAL Bashkirian Airlines	V9	BTC	BASHKIRIAN	1991	2007
Belgorod Air Enterprise		BED	BELGORYE	1995	2005
Bugulma Air Enterprise		BGM		1995	2010	Rebranded as Ak Bars Aero
Bural	BU	BUN	BURAL	1993	2017	Shut down due to aircraft maintenance law violations
Bylina		BYL	BYLINA	1992	2014
Bryansk Air Enterprise		BRK	Bravia
Center-South	DF	CTS	CENTER-SOUTH	1993	2015	Shut down following failed inspection
Centre-Avia	J7	CVC	AVIACENTRE	1991	2010
Chelyabinsk Air Enterprise	H6	CHB		1992	2004	Absorbed into S7 Airlines
Cheremshanka Airlines (Cherline)					1996
Chernomor-Avia		CMK	Cheravia	1994	2005
Chitaavia	X7	CHF	Chita	1991	2006	Acquired by VIM Airlines
Chuvashia Airlines		CBK		1993	2005
Citrus	XT	CTU	CITY WINGS	2021	2022	Plans for the new airline suspended due to sanctions against Russia.
Continental Airways	PC	PVV	CONTAIR	1995	2011
Continent	LK	CNE	CONTINENT	2009	2011
Dagestan Airlines	N2	DAG	DAGAL	1994	2009	Rebranded as South East Airlines
Dalavia	H8	KHB	DALAVIA	1998	2008
Dalstroy Aviation				1946	1957	Ceased operations in 1957 with the disbandment of Dalstroy^[3]
Dauria				1998	2011
Deruluft				1922	1937	German-Soviet joint airline
Dobrolet Airlines	G2	DOB	DOBROLET	1992	2007
Dobrolet	QD	DOB	DOBROLET	2013	2014	Shut down due to European Union sanctions in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Dobrolyot				1923	1930
Domodedovo Airlines	E3	DMO	DOMODEDOVO	1992	2008
Donavia	D9	DNV	DONAVIA	1993	2000	Rebranded as Aeroflot-Don
Donavia	D9	DNV	DONAVIA	2000	2016	Merged into Rossiya
East Line Airlines				1996	2004	Rebranded as Russian Sky Airlines
Elbrus-Avia		NLK		1998	2009
Enkor	H6	ENK	Enkor	1997	2005	Merged into Siberia Airlines
Eurasia Air	UH	EUS		1997	2003
Far East Avia	H8			1953	2008	Rebranded as Dalavia
Far Eastern Airline				2013	2013	Rebranded as Taiga Airline
Far Eastern Cargo Airlines		FEW		1993	2000
Flight					2003
Globus Airlines	GH	GLP	GLOBUS	2007	2019	Merged into S7 Airlines
Grizodubova Airline
Gromov Air		GAI		1995	2006	Rebranded as Moskovia Airlines
Grozni United Air Detachment			STIGL	1992	1996	Flag carrier of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Hamiata						Sino-Russian joint airline
Ilavia		ILV	Ilavia	1994	2006
Ilin Air Company					2011
Interavia Airlines	ZA	SUW	INTERAVIA	2005	2008
Irkutskavia				2003	2011	Merged into Angara Airlines
Iron Dragonfly	F7	IDF		1993	2003
IRS Aero	5R	LDF		1994	2003	Shut down following crash
Jet Air Group		JSI		2006	2009	Rebranded as PremierAvia
Junkers Luftverkehr Russia				1923	1924
Kaliningradavia	KD	KNI	KALININGRAD AIR	1976	2005	Rebranded as KD Avia
KAPO Avia	G7	KAO	KAZAVIA	2001	2015
Karat	V2	AKT	Aviakarat	1993	2007
Katekavia	ZF	KTK	Katekavia	1995	2015	Rebranded as Azur Air
Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia)	KV	MVD	AIR MINVODY	1995	2011
KD Avia	KD	KNI	KALININGRAD AIR	2005	2009
Khantyavia
Khakasia Airlines		BKN		1993	2003	Merged into Vladivostok Air
Kirov Air Enterprise		KTA		1992	2012
KNG Transavia		CGT		1994	2009
Kolavia				1993	2012	Rebranded as Metrojet
Komiavia				1991	1997
Komiinteravia	8J	KMV	KOMIINTER	1996	2006	Rebranded as UTair Express
Korsar				1991	1999
Koryak Air Enterprise				1956	2010	Merged into Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise
KrasAir	7B	KJC	KRASNOYARSK AIR	1993	2008
Krylo Airlines	K9	KRI	KRYLO	1991	2003
Kuban Airlines	GW	KIL	AIR KUBAN	2010	2012	Went bankrupt
Magas		KCM		2007	2009
MAVIAL Magadan Airlines	H5	MVL	MAVIAL	1992	2006
Metrojet	7K	KGL	KOGALYM	2012	2015	Went bankrupt following the destruction of Metrojet Flight 9268
Mordovia Airlines				1992	2013	Shut down due to safety violations
Moscow Airlines	7B	MOA	MOSCOW AIRLINES	2010	2011
Moscow Airways	M8	MSC	AIR MOSCOW	1991	1996	Ceased operations following crash
Moskovia Airlines	3R	GAI	GROMOV AIRLINE	2006	2014
Murmansk Air Company					2009
Murmansk Airlines		MNK		1993	2001
Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportati			NFT	1975	2013	Rebranded as UTair Helicopter Services
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise				1992
Northwest Air Base				1974	2014
Novgorodavia				1994	2006
Novosibirsk Air Enterprise		NBE	NAKAIR	1995	2011
Omskavia	N3	OMS	OMSK	1994	2008
Orel Avia	R6	UVL		1991	1997	Merged into Vnukovo Airlines
Orenair	R2	ORB	ORENBURG	2006	2016	Merged into Rossiya Airlines
Orenburg Airlines	R2	ORB		1993	2006	Rebranded as Orenair
Orient Avia	V6	ORT		1994	1997
PANH	PA	PAN	PANH	2013	2016	Fall in demand
Perm Airlines	P9	PGP	PERM AIR	1995	2008
Polet Airlines	YQ	POT	POLET	1989	2014
Polyarnya Aviatsiya				1932	1960	Absorbed into Aeroflot
Primair		PMM		1998	2005
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise	FV	PLK	Pulkovo	1995	2006	Merged into Rossiya Airlines
RDS Avia				1993	1994
Region Avia	L3			2005	2011
Remex				1997	2001
Rosneft-Baltika				1997	2007
Russ Air Transport Company				1999	2001
Russian Post Airlines				2004	2006
Russian Sky Airlines	P7	ESL	RADUGA	2004	2014	Went bankrupt
Ryazanaviatrans		RYZ	RYAZAN	1995	2011
S-Air		RLS		1998	2009^[4]	AOC Revoked Following Crash
Sakha Avia	K7	IKT	SAKHAAVIA	1993	2003	Rebranded as Yakutia Airlines
Samara Airlines	E5	BRZ	BERYOZA	1993	2008
Saravia	6W	SOV		1995	2013	Rebranded as Saratov Airlines
Saratov Airlines	6W	SOV	SARATOV AIR	2013	2018	AOC revoked following crash
SAT Airlines	HZ	SHU	SATAIR	1992	2013	Merged with Vladivostok Air to form Aurora
Saturn Aviakompania		RMO		2001	2009
Sayany Airlines		NVI	UIIISYL	1998	2002	The airline was based in Irkutsk and Chita.
ShaNS Air		SNF		1993	2007^[5]
Sibaviatrans	5M	SIB	Sibavia	1995	2008
Siberian Airlines	S7	SBI		1992	1996	Rebranded as S7 Airlines
Siblyot
Sirair
Sir Aero		SRN		1995	2007
Skol Airlines		CDV	SKOL	2000	2022	Went bankrupt
Sky Express	XW	SXR	SKYSTORM	2006	2011	Acquired by Kuban Airlines
Skynet				2010	2013
Sky Gates Airlines	U3	SAY	SKY PATH	2016	2022
South East Airlines	N2	DAG		2009	2011	AOC revoked following crash
Spark+				1998	2006
Specavia Air Company				1997	2006
Surgut Avia				1993	1994	Merged into Tyumenaviatrans Aviation
Tambov-Avia				1993	2009
Tatarstan Airlines	U9	TAK	TATARSTAN	2000	2013	AOC revoked following crash
Tatneftaero				1997	2010
TESIS Aviation Enterprise	UZ	TIS	TESIS	1992	2008
Titan Cargo		TIT		1995	2000
Tomsk Avia		TSK	TOMSK-AVIA	1992	2015
Touch and Go Airlines	EC	TUG		1993	1995
Trans-Charter Airlines	FZ	TCH		1994	1999
Transaero	UN	TSO	TRANSOVIET	1991	2015	Went bankrupt
Transair-Gyraintiee		KTS	KOTAIR	1996	2010
Transaviatsiya				1930	1932
Transeuropean Airlines	UE	TEP	TRANSEURLINE	1996	2001
Tretyakovo Air Transport		TKO		1997	2002
Tulpar Air		TUL		1991	2014	Grounded following failed inspection
Tuva Airlines			AIR TYVA	1992	2016	Went bankrupt
Tyumenaviatrans Aviation	7M	TYM		1992	2003	Rebranded as UTair Aviation
Uraiavia		URV	URAI	1993	2011
Uralinteravia	U3	URA		1992	1996
UTair Aviation	UT	UTA	UTAIR	1991	2017	Rebranded as Utair
UTair Express	UR	UTX		2006	2015
VASO Airlines	2Z	VSO		1993	2007
VIM Airlines	NN	MOV	MOV AIR	2000	2017
VIM-Aviaservice				2004	2008
Vladikavkaz Air Enterprise		OSV		1995	1999
Vladivostok Air	XF	VLK	VLADAIR	1994	2014	Merged with SAT Airlines to form Aurora
Vnukovo Airlines	V5	VKO	VNUKOVO	1994	2001	Merged into Siberian Airlines
Volga-Aviaexpress	G6	WLG		1992	2008	Rebranded as Air Volga
Voronezhavia	ZT	VRN	VORONEZHAVIA	1994	2009	Taken over by Polet Airlines
Vyborg		VBG		2002	2010	Rebranded as Solaris Airlines
Yak-Service		AKY	YAK-SERVICE	1993	2011	AOC revoked following crash
Yakutsk Airlines		KUT		1999	2003	Merged into Yakutia Airlines
Zapolyariye Airlines		PZY	ZAPOLOYAR	2007	2010
Zonalnoye Air Enterprise	DF			1992	2017