Citrus (airline)

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Citrus
IATA ICAO Call sign
XTCTUCITY WINGS
Founded2021
Ceased operationsJune 2022
Hubs
Parent company S7 Airlines
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Website citrus.ru

Citrus was a planned Russian low-cost airline owned by S7 Airlines, with its headquarters in Moscow. The announcement from S7 to create a regional low-cost carrier was made in 2021. The airline's first flight was planned for July 2022, [1] however, all plans have been suspended indefinitely. [2]

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History

In 2008, S7 Airlines, a Russian carrier, founded a subsidiary airline, Globus. Globus and S7 merged at the end of 2019. In 2021 the S7 Group announced their plans to create a regional low-cost carrier. A competition was held to decide airline's name. By its end, the airline slogan was also announced: connecting cities of Russia — "Cities of Russia". [3] [4]

On 28 January 2022 an Airbus A319 (VP-BHP) with code CTU-8899 made its flight to receive certification from the Federal Air Transport Agency. On 9 February 2022 Citrus received the certificate from Globus. [5] By 2024, the airline plans to have a fleet consisting of 24 aircraft. [5] Ticket sales were planned to commence in April 2022 and the first regular flight was slated for July 2022. [1] [6] [7]

In June 2022, shortly before its planned inaugural flight, S7 announced that they would be suspending the launch of Citrus indefinitely. Aircraft delivery issues due to the current sanctions against Russia was a contributory factor. [2]

Destinations

Citrus plans to have predominantly domestic network, outside Moscow, [8] then followed by CIS countries. [5]

CountryCityAirportNotesRef
Russia Kazan Kazan International Airport Hub
Omsk Omsk Tsentralny Airport Hub

Fleet

Citrus fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Airbus A320neo –4TBDDeliveries halted due to sanctions.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Новый лоукостер Citrus выбрал российскую систему бронирования
  2. 1 2 "S7 Airlines Suspends Launch Of Low-Cost Subsidiary Citrus". Aviation Week Network. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  3. ↑ "S7 запустит в России лоукостер Citrus". RG.RU. 23 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Новый лоукостер группы S7 выбрал первые аэропорты базирования - Ведомости". Vedomosti. 8 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Лоукостер S7 получил сертификат эксплуатанта Росавиации". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  6. ↑ S7 запускает новый лоукостер
  7. ↑ "Новый российский лоукостер получит название "Цитрус" и розовые самолеты". www.d-kvadrat.ru (in Russian).
  8. ↑ Новый российский лоукостер выбрал базой Казань и Омск
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