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Royal Flight

IATA ICAO Call sign RL ABG ROYAL FLIGHT
Founded	1992 (as Abakan-Avia) 11 July 2014 (as Royal Flight)
Operating bases	Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow-Sheremetyevo St. Petersburg Yekaterinburg
Fleet size	11
Destinations	66
Parent company	Coral Travel
Headquarters	Abakan, Khakassia, Russia
Employees	76 (2007)
Website	www.royalflight.ru/en/

Joint stock company Royal Flight Airlines (Russian: АО «Авиакомпания «Роял Флайт»), formerly Abakan-Avia (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Абакан-Авиа»), was a charter airline based in Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia. It operated charter services between Russian cities and various holiday destinations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its main base was the Abakan Airport (ABA).

History

The airline was established in 1992 as Abakan-Avia and started operations in 1993. It was established from a former Aeroflot unit, and started domestic cargo flights in 1993 and international flights in 1994. Sobol acquired a 70% share in 1999. It had 76 employees (at March 2007). In 2002, a proposed merger with RusAir failed. In July 2014, it was purchased by Russian tour operator Coral Travel and renamed Royal Flight Airlines on 11 July 2014.

In May 2022, Royal Flight ceased all operations.

Destinations

By July 2019, Royal Flight operated to the following destinations:

Fleet

As of March 2022, the Royal Flight fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Russia

References

1. https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7340.2H_Bsc_w_Chgs_1-3_dtd_2-28-19.pdf
2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 44.
3. ^ "Russia's Royal Flight ceases all operations". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
4. Наши направления / Royal Flight. Royal Flight airlines. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
5. "Совсем скоро, друзья, мы откроем новые направления!". vk.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
6. "Russia launches charter flights to Cam Ranh". Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
7. "О компании / Royal Flight". Royal Flight airlines. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
8. Ferreira, Carlos (14 March 2022). "Royal Flight torna-se a primeira empresa aérea russa a sucumbir às sanções ocidentais". AEROIN (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2022.
9. "Royal flight". svo.aero. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
10. "Flight Search". pegasys.pegast.ru. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
11. ^ "Ukraine travel bans and sanctions: All the countries that have been affected so far". Euronews. 27 February 2022.
12. "Updated: All the European countries affected by Ukraine travel bans and sanctions so far". Euronews. 28 February 2022.
13. ^ "Greece closes its airspace for Russian airlines". Reuters. 28 February 2022.
14. ^ В новый аэропорт «Гагарин» придут «Уральские авиалинии». Kommersant (in Russian). 23 August 2019.
15. "Royal Flight Fleet". royalflight.ru.

Bibliography

• Günter Endres, ed. (2010). Flight International World Airlines 2010. Sutton, Surrey, England: Reed Business Information. ISBN 978-1-898779-39-1.

External links

• Official website

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