KD Avia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| KD Avia | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| IATA KD |
ICAO KNI |
Callsign KALININGRAD AIR |
| Founded | 1945 | |
| Hubs | Khrabrovo Airport | |
| Fleet size | 19 | |
| Destinations | 28 | |
| Headquarters |  Kaliningrad, Russia |
|
| Key people | Valery Mikhailov (General Director), Leonid Itskov (Executive Director) | |
| Website: www.kdavia.eu | ||
KD Avia is an airline based in Kaliningrad, Russia. It operates scheduled services within Russia, CIS and Europe. Its main base is Khrabrovo Airport, Kaliningrad.[1]
Contents |
[edit] History
The airline was established on 8 October 1945 and started operations in 1946. It launched international services in 2004 and announced on 27 May 2005 that it was to change its name from Kaliningrad Avia to KD Avia, to differentiate itself from the state-owned company of the same name which operates from Khrabrovo Airport.
In 2005 the airline started a fleet renovation project and removed from operation its Tupolev Tu-134 and Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft replacing them with Boeing 737-300s. The first Boeing 737-300 was delivered to the airline in February 2005 and by the end of the year 6 were in operation. During 2005, the airline operated scheduled flights from Kaliningrad to Moscow and St.Petersburg, as well as charter flights from Moscow, Kaliningrad and other Russian cities to destinations in Turkey, Egypt and Europe.
The airline is investing into building a new modern passenger terminal in Khrabrovo airport which will be the main transit hub in a hub-and-spoke system of routes, which the airline is planning to introduce on 15 June 2007. In the first stage, up to 13 cities of the Russian Federation will be connected with 13-15 cities of Europe by transit flights via Kaliningrad.
The concept of the airline is to connect Russia and other CIS countries with Europe.
[edit] Destinations
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
[edit] Fleet
The KD Avia fleet consists of the following aircraft as of May 2008:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers (Economy) |
Routes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300 | 19 | 148 | ||
| Airbus A319-100 | (25 orders) |
As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the KD Avia fleet is 20.6 years ([2]).
On 29 May 2008, KD Avia placed a commitment with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A319-100s. [2]
