14 Facts About Transaero

Transaero, officially OJSC Transaero Airlines was a Russian airline that operated scheduled and charter flights to over 150 domestic and international destinations.

Transaero filed for bankruptcy on 1 October 2015, and announced that it would cease all operations by 15 December 2015.

Transaero began as a charter airline with aircraft leased from Aeroflot.

Transaero was the first Russian airline with a frequent flyer program, which it established in 1995.

In May 2005, Transaero added a flight between Moscow and Montreal, marking the first time the airline flew to Canada.

Related searches

On 21 June 2006, Transaero began operating nonstop flights between Moscow and Toronto.

Austrian Airlines and Transaero Airlines began code-sharing on Vienna-Moscow flights in October 2009.

In October 2010, Transaero launched flights to Beijing, Miami and New York City.

Transaero ordered 4 Boeing 787s on 26 December 2011, confirming this order on 8 April 2012.

However, this was quickly followed by a report that Transaero asked Airbus to reschedule the delivery of the first A380 beyond 2015 due to financial difficulties.

Transaero announced the transfer of all operations at Moscow-Domodedovo to their other main hub at Moscow-Vnukovo to unify Moscow operations by 25 October 2015.

Subsequent to this announcement, Transaero ceased all ticket sales and refunded travel booked for after the shutdown date, and began to drastically reduce its schedule, cancelling or suspending flights on a daily basis and operating only a provisional schedule.

Transaero was owned primarily by Aleksandr Pleshakov and his wife Olga Pleshakova, who was the CEO of the airline for most of its existence.

Transaero established a maintenance company, Transaero Engineering Ireland, based at Shannon Airport, Ireland as a result of its purchase of the Air Atlanta aircraft maintenance operation.