RusAir

Not to be confused with AtlasGlobal, a former Turkish airline also temporarily called Atlasjet.

AtlasJet (ex-Rusair) was an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provided charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services.

AtlasJet

IATA ICAO Call sign - CGI CGI
Founded	1994
Ceased operations	2011
Hubs	Sheremetyevo International Airport
Fleet size	2
Parent company	Clintondale Aviation (100%)
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia

RusAir Tupolev Tu-134, St Petersburg, 2001

History

The airline was established on 30 November 1994 and started operations in 1994. It was formerly known as CGI Aero. It was fully owned by Clintondale Aviation. By 2010, it was sold to a new owner. Following the fatal accident in 2011, its AOC license was revoked.^[1] In 28 October 2011, the airline re-opened after changing its name to "AtlasJet".

Fleet

As of June 2015, the AtlasJet fleet includes the following aircraft:

• 2 Sukhoi Superjet 100

Accidents and incidents

• On 20 June 2011, a RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A-3K,^[2] Flight 243, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of the runway at Petrozavodsk Airport while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.^[3]