Joint stock company Royal Flight Airlines (), formerly Abakan-Avia (), 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:
Country/regionCityAirportNotesRef.BulgariaBurgasBurgas AirportTaiwanTaipeiTaoyuan International AirportHong KongHong KongHong Kong International AirportCargoChinaChongqingChongqing Jiangbei International AirportGuiyangGuiyang Longdongbao International AirportHefeiHefei Xinqiao International AirportNanningNanning Wuxu International AirportNingboNingbo Lishe International AirportMacauMacau International AirportCubaVaraderoJuan Gualberto Gómez AirportHolguínFrank País AirportCyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportDominican RepublicPunta CanaPunta Cana International AirportGreeceCorfuCorfu International AirportKosKos International AirportRhodesRhodes International AirportIndiaGoaDabolim AirportItalyBariBari Karol Wojtyła AirportCataniaCatania–Fontanarossa AirportNaplesNaples International AirportMexicoCancúnCancún International AirportMontenegroTivatTivat AirportMoroccoAgadirAgadir–Al Massira AirportRussiaAbakanAbakan International AirportArkhangelskTalagi AirportBarnaulBarnaul AirportBelgorodBelgorod International AirportBryanskBryansk International AirportIrkutskIrkutsk International AirportKaliningradKhrabrovo AirportKalugaKaluga (Grabtsevo) AirportKazanKazan International AirportKemerovoKemerovo International AirportKhanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk AirportKrasnodarKrasnodar International AirportMineralnye VodyMineralnye Vody AirportMoscowMoscow Domodedovo AirportMoscowSheremetyevo International AirportNizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportNizhny NovgorodStrigino International AirportNovokuznetskSpichenkovo AirportNovosibirskTolmachevo AirportOmskOmsk Tsentralny AirportOrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny AirportPermPerm International AirportRostov-on-DonPlatov International AirportSaint PetersburgPulkovo AirportSamaraKurumoch International AirportSaratovSaratov Gagarin AirportSochiSochi International AirportSurgutSurgut International AirportTomskBogashevo AirportTyumenRoshchino International AirportUfaUfa International AirportUlyanovskUlyanovsk Vostochny AirportVladivostokVladivostok International AirportVolgogradVolgograd International AirportYekaterinburgKoltsovo International AirportSpainBarcelonaBarcelona–El Prat AirportPalma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportReusReus AirportSri LankaColomboBandaranaike International AirportThailandKrabiKrabi International AirportPattayaU-Tapao International AirportPhuketPhuket International AirportTunisiaDjerbaDjerba–Zarzis International AirportEnfidhaEnfidha–Hammamet International AirportTurkeyAlanyaGazipaşa AirportAntalyaAntalya AirportBodrumMilas–Bodrum AirportDalamanDalaman AirportVietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International AirportPhu QuocPhu Quoc International AirportUnited Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International Airport
Fleet As of March 2022, the Royal Flight fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
+ Royal Flight fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotesCYTotalBoeing 737-8001——189189Boeing 757-2001——235235Stored at Václav Havel Airport Prague due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Boeing 767-300ER2——325325—330330Boeing 777-300ER2—14478492Total11—
See also List of defunct airlines of Russia
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