Continental Airways

{{Short description|Passenger charter airline based in Moscow, Russia}}

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| airline = Continental Airways

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| fleet_size = 10

| destinations = 27

| IATA = PC

| ICAO = PVV

| callsign = CONTAIR

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| founded = 1995

| ceased = July 29, 2011

| headquarters = Moscow, Russia

| key_people =

| hubs = Sheremetyevo International Airport

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Continental Airways was a passenger charter airline based in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1995 and operated out of Sheremetyevo International Airport.{{cite news|title=Directory: World Airlines|work=Flight International|page=68|date=2007-03-27}}

History

File:Ilyushin Il-76TD, Continental Airways AN0192933.jpg at Ostend–Bruges International Airport in 1997]]

File:Ilyushin Il-86, Continental Airways AN0693745.jpg parked at Larnaca International Airport in 2004]]

The airline was founded in 1995 as a cargo airline operating three Tupolev Tu-154s. Its initial base was Vnukovo International Airport. In 2000, it acquired three Ilyushin Il-76TDs to increase the number of routes it flew and add more destinations. In 2004, they acquired an additional four Tu-154s to start their passenger service, which would make its first flight in 2005.

After facing financial problems for two years, selling several Il-76s and suspending most of their destinations, the Russian Air Safety Agency revoked Continental's permission to fly on July 29, 2011. The next day, the airline declared bankruptcy, thus ceasing all its operations.[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/europe/russia.htm Continental Airways at airlineupdate.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618051615/http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/europe/russia.htm|date=June 18, 2013}}

Destinations

Continental Airways served the following scheduled destinations: Abakan, Anapa, Barnaul, Bratsk, Blagoveshchensk, Cheliabinsk, Gelendzhik, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kemerovo, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhni Novgorod, Norilsk, Novokuznetsk, Petropavl, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Sochi, Ufa, Vladivostok, Yakutsk, Yekaterinburg, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

Fleet

File:Tupolev Tu-154M, Continental Airways AN0854922.jpg at Dubai International Airport in 2005]]

Continental Airways operated the following aircraft:{{cite web|url=http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Continental%20Airways.html|title=Continental Airways fleet|website=aerobernie.bplaced.net|access-date=February 20, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.planelogger.com/Airline/Fleet/Continental_Airways(RA)/208904|title=Continental Airways (RA) - Fleet|website=Planelogger.com|access-date=September 20, 2021}}

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Aircraft !Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes
Tupolev Tu-154M \|10 \|2004 \|2007 \|
Ilyushin Il-76TD \|5 \|1997 \|2011 \|
Ilyushin Il-86 \|2 \|1996 \|2006 \|Leased from Atlant-Soyuz Airlines

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Aircraft

!Total

!Introduced

!Retired

!Notes

Tupolev Tu-154M

|10

|2004

|2007

Ilyushin Il-76TD