Kosmos Airlines

Kosmos Airlines
Production Association

IATA ICAO Callsign - KSM KOSMOS
Founded	1995
Hubs	Moscow-Vnukovo, Russia
Fleet size	4
Parent company	Energia
Headquarters	Vnukovo, Moscow, Russia
Website	[1]

Kosmos Airlines (Russian: КОСМОС производственное объединение, KOSMOS Proizvodstvennoe obiedinenie) is a Russian airline founded in 1995 which specialises in the delivery of cargo to launch sites.

History

Kosmos Airlines was founded in 1995 as Aviacompany Kosmos. In 2001 it was renamed to Kosmos Airlines. It was operating in its Russian destinations as well as having passenger and cargo services.The An-12TB are the cargo aircraft and the Tupolev Tu-134B-3s and The Tupolev Tu-154 are the only passenger aircraft for Kosmos Airlines.

Fleet

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Tupolev Tu-154 of Kosmos Airlines landing in Moscow-Vnukovo

Tupolev Tu-134 of Kosmos Airlines, but in MAGAS livery, seen in 2008.

As of July 27 2014 has 4 aircraft.

• 2 Tupolev Tu-134B-3
• 1 Tupolev Tu-154
• 1 Antonov An-12TB

Vnukovo-3 Terminal "Kosmos"

Kosmos Airlines is based at Vnukovo airport and operates an airport terminal at Vnukovo-3, called Kosmos terminal. Kosmos terminal has its own apron with parking ramps. It serves aircraft of Kosmos airlines as well as other airlines at Vnukovo.

Incidents

January 11, 2011 - Passengers were left stranded for two days at Nalchik airport after heavy fog meant their flight to Moscow had to be postponed until the fog lifted; other airlines were reported to have transferred operations to nearby Beslan airport where there was no fog.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Company website