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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Irkutsk [1] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 32 [2] | ||||||
| Destinations | 60 [3] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Irkutsk, Russia | ||||||
| Website | iraero.ru | ||||||
IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia. [4] It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is in Irkutsk Airport. It is currently banned from flying into EU airspace along with all other Russian airlines. [5]
IrAero flies to a number of destinations from its hubs in Russia: Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Magadan and Moscow. It also carries out international flights to a number of countries including Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Mongolia and Vietnam.
As of July 2022, the IrAero fleet comprises the following aircraft: [2]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | — | 156 | 156 | |
| Antonov An-24 | 19 | — | — | 48 | 48 | |
| Antonov An-26 | ||||||
| Bombardier CRJ200LR | 1 | — | — | 50 | 50 | |
| Sukhoi Superjet 100 | 11 | — | 12 | 81 | 93 | |
| Yakovlev MC-21-300 | — | 10 | TBA | Launch customer, [6] delayed delivery originally scheduled for 2019. [7] [8] | ||
| Total | 32 | 10 | ||||
The IrAero fleet previously also included the following aircraft types: [9]
On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk during landing at the end of a flight from Chita. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no casualties. [10] [11]
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