IrAero

IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.^[4] It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is in Irkutsk Airport. It is currently banned from flying into EU airspace along with all other Russian airlines.^[5]

IrAero
ИрАэро

IrAero Sukhoi Superjet 100-95
IATA ICAO Call sign IO IAE IRAERO
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Hubs	Irkutsk[1]
Secondary hubs	Magadan[1] Moscow-Domodedovo[1] Yakutsk[1]
Fleet size	32[2]
Destinations	60[3]
Headquarters	Irkutsk, Russia
Website	iraero.ru

History

The airline was established in 1999 in Irkutsk, Russia.

Destinations

IrAero flies to a number of destinations from its hubs in Russia: Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Magadan, and Moscow. It also carries out international flights to a number of countries including Turkey,^[6] Azerbaijan,^[7] China,^[8] Mongolia, and Vietnam.

Fleet

IrAero Bombardier CRJ200LR

IrAero Sukhoi Superjet 100

Current fleet

As of July 2022, the IrAero fleet comprises the following aircraft:^[2]

IrAero fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Airbus A319-100	1	—	—	156	156
Antonov An-24	19	—	—	48	48
Antonov An-26
Bombardier CRJ200LR	1	—	—	50	50
Sukhoi Superjet 100	11	—	12	81	93
Yakovlev MC-21-300	—	10	TBA			Launch customer,[9] delayed delivery originally scheduled for 2019.[10][11]
Total	32	10

Historical fleet

The IrAero fleet previously also included the following aircraft types:^[12]

• Antonov An-140
• Boeing 737-800
• Boeing 777-200ER

Accidents

On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk during landing at the end of a flight from Chita. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no casualties.^[13][14]