Smartavia

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Smartavia
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IATA ICAO Call sign
5NAULARCHANGELSK AIR
Founded
  • 1963 (as a squadron)
    1991 (as an Independent Airlines )
    2019 (as Smartavia)
Hubs
Fleet size15
Destinations50
Parent company Sky Invest [1]
Headquarters Arkhangelsk, Russian Federation
Website flysmartavia.com

Smartavia, formerly known as Nordavia (until March 2019), is a Russian low-cost airline with its head office in Arkhangelsk, Russia. [2] It mainly operates scheduled domestic and regional services. Its main bases are Arkhangelsk Airport, Pulkovo Airport (Saint Petersburg), and Sheremetyevo International Airport, serving Moscow. [3] Smartavia is a joint-stock company.

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History

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Aeroflot-Nord logo, 2004-2009
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Nordavia logo, 2009–2019
A Smartavia Boeing 737-500 in the former livery, operated by the former brand Aeroflot-Nord Boeing 737-500 VP-BRG.jpg
A Smartavia Boeing 737-500 in the former livery, operated by the former brand Aeroflot-Nord

The airline was formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation Squadron (Russian : Архангельский объединенный авиационный отряд) and became AVL Arkhangelsk Airlines (Архангельские воздушные линии) in 1991.

Under Aeroflot

In August 2004, Aeroflot acquired 51% of the airline, with the rest being held by Aviainvest. The company was renamed Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot's second regional airline. [4]

When the contract with Aeroflot ended on 1 December 2009, the airline operated independently as Nordavia. [5] Because of the bad press the subsidiary received following the Aeroflot Flight 821 disaster, and Russian aviation officials' 15 July 2009 imposition of restrictions (including a ban on international charter tours) on then Aeroflot-Nord flight operations due to insufficient security and bad finances, Aeroflot distanced itself from Nordavia. [6]

Partnership with NordStar

In March 2011, Aeroflot sold the airline to Norilsk Nickel for a reported US$7 million.[ citation needed ] On December 1, 2011, Norilsk Nickel reported that Nordavia was to be merged in Taimyr Air Company. [7] However, the Federal Antimonopoly Service blocked the merger of Nordavia with Taimyr Air Company, and Nordavia was ultimately sold to Sergey Kuznetsov, the owner of Red Wings Airlines, in March 2016. [8]

Partnership with Red Wings Airlines

To increase business power, Red Wings Airlines and Nordavia decided to merge. [9] In April 2017, under Red Wings' ownership, it was announced that the airline would change its name to SmartAvia from Q3 2017. In addition to the new brand, the airline planned to also introduce a new livery, still in Nordavia's colors (blue, orange, gray) but with a design that moves away from its Aeroflot ancestry. [10] The new branding was planned to debut on the airline's Airbus A320-200 aircraft, however these aircraft were instead delivered to Red Wings after the airline decided to continue using its Boeing 737 aircraft, accepting its first Boeing 737-700 in May 2018, by then still retaining its Nordavia name and brand identity. [11] [12]

Restructuring to Smartavia

On 20 March 2019, it was announced that the merging of Nordavia with Red Wings airlines was canceled. [13] Instead, the airline was renamed to Smartavia, as part of re-branding. The airline was to operate aircraft under the Nordavia brand until the end of 2019. The first aircraft with Smartavia livery arrived in April 2019. [14]

By 2021, the airline had retired all of its Boeing 737-500 s, and in April 2021, the airline began their replacement with new Airbus A320neo s, officially announcing the end of a two-year re-branding from Nordavia to Smartavia and becoming a low-cost carrier. [15]

On 28 May 2021, during a press conference held in Kaliningrad, with the presentation of new Airbus A320neo s previously operated by Mexican carrier Interjet, the airline announced a massive order expansion of 40 new Airbus aircraft and plans to phase out all Boeing 737 aircraft by 2023 and only operate Airbus aircraft from then on. If the plan were to succeed, the airline was to purchase Airbus A321neo s by 2024. [16]

On 16 September 2021, the airline announced its base expansion plans: by spring 2022, the airline planned to open its new hub at Moscow-Sheremetyevo, as well as to open bases in Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Samara and Sochi. [17]

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

Smartavia Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

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A Smartavia Airbus A320neo

As of September 2024, the Smartavia fleet consists of the following aircraft: [19]

Smartavia fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A320neo 2 [15] — [16] —180180 [20]
Boeing 737-700 2——142142
Boeing 737-800 8——189189The first aircraft to wear SmartAvia livery. [21] [22]
Total12—

Historical fleet

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An Aeroflot-Nord Tupolev Tu-134A

Smartavia has previously operated the following aircraft: [23] [24]

Smartavia historical fleet
AircraftIntroducedRetiredNotes
Antonov An-24 19912008
Boeing 737-300 20082012Was transferred to NordStar in 2012
Boeing 737-500 20062020Replaced by first Airbus A320neo order, one crashed as Flight 821
Tupolev Tu-134A 19912008Replaced by Boeing 737-500
Tupolev Tu-154B-2 19912009Replaced by Boeing 737-500

Accidents and incidents

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  2. ↑ "Contact Us Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine ." Smartavia. Retrieved on 29 June 2010. "Legal address: Russian Federation, 163053, Arkhangelsk, Talagi Airport." – "Контакты Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine ." Address in Russian: "163053, г. Архангельск, Аэропорт "Архангельск"."
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