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Samara Airlines was a member of the Russian AiRUnion alliance.
History
The Kuybyshev Aviation Enterprise was established in 1961 and on this basis 65 Squadron was formed and later transformed into Kuybyshev Joint Aviation Squadron (KuAO), Kuybyshev being the Soviet name of Samara. The privatisation of KuAO in 1993 resulted in the establishment of the Joint Stock Company Samara Airlines. It is owned by the State Property Committee (51%) and private and corporate holdings (49%). The airline used the call-sign "beryoza" (birch tree).
Loading food onto a TU-134A3 at Kurumoch airport in Samara.
It had suspended operations at the end of September 2008 due to the AiRUnion collapse.
Services
As of September 2005, Samara Airlines operated the following services:
