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S7 Airlines, legally JSC Siberia Airlines (Russian: АО «Авиакомпания "Сибирь"», "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia,[2][3] with offices in Moscow.[4] As of 2008, it was Russia's largest domestic airline, with its main bases at Domodedovo International Airport and Tolmachevo Airport.[5] It is a member of the Oneworld alliance but its membership is currently suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[6]

S7 Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign S7 SBI SIBERIAN
Founded	May 1957; 65 years ago (1957-05) (as Tolmachevsky squadron)
Commenced operations	May 1992; 30 years ago (1992-05) (as Siberia Airlines)
Hubs	Moscow–Domodedovo Novosibirsk–Tolmachevo
Focus cities	Irkutsk Khabarovsk St. Petersburg Vladivostok
Frequent-flyer program	S7 Priority
Alliance	Oneworld (suspended)
Subsidiaries	S7 Training
Fleet size	101
Destinations	150
Parent company	S7 AirSpace Corporation
Headquarters	Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Key people	Vadim Klebanov (General Director)
Employees	3,000[1]
Website	s7.ru

History

Early years

What is now S7 Airlines started in 1957 as "the Tolmachevo united squadron" of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union disintegration and during the 1990s Russian economic reforms, a state-run Siberia Airlines was created based on the squadron in 1992 and later privatized in 1994. The same year Siberia was assigned an IATA airline code.[7]

In 1997, Siberia Airlines tried to buy Vnukovo Airlines, to make Moscow its next main hub, but the purchase did not proceed. After the 1998 Russian financial crisis, Vnukovo Airlines was heading towards bankruptcy, and Siberia Airlines offered to merge the two airlines, but Vnukovo refused. In 1999, Siberia Airlines signed a document offering to take over Vnukovo Airlines, in the event Vnukovo ceased operations due to insolvency.[8]

Development since the 2000s

Siberia Airlines began merging with Vnukovo Airlines in 2001.^{[citation needed]} The same year, the airline absorbed Baikal Airlines and then in 2004, the airline absorbed Chelyabinsk Airlines and Enkor.[9]

The first non-Russian aircraft, Airbus A310s, were acquired in 2004. In summer 2004, during the Farnborough Airshow, the company signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase fifty Sukhoi Superjet 100s, with the first to be delivered in 2007. However, the airline subsequently dropped its plans to order this aircraft, citing that the aircraft's changed specifications no longer met its requirements.[10]

Siberia Airlines rebranded itself as S7 Airlines in 2005.[7]

In line with an International Air Transport Association (IATA) resolution, from December 2006 the airline began to publish its fares for international destinations originating in Russia in euros, rather than US dollars. This resulted in a fare increase, as the conversion rate used was 1 euro = 1 US dollar. Fuel surcharges were also published in euros. Its domestic fares were still to be shown in the local currency.[11] Also in December 2006, the airline became the second Russian air carrier to complete, and pass, the IATA Operational Safety Audit, which is the first global air safety standard.[12]

In April 2007 S7 announced that it had set up a new division, called Globus. This division was to focus on charter flights for tourists to foreign holiday destinations. Initially, the aircraft for this division would be drawn from the mainline fleet, but during 2010–2014, ten Boeing 737-800 aircraft were leased with an all-economy layout, with the option for a further ten aircraft.[13]

S7 joined the Oneworld airline alliance in 2010.[14]

In November 2015, S7 Airlines offered to acquire a majority stake in bankrupt Transaero. The proposal was rejected by shareholders.[15]

In 2016, the American band OK Go partnered with S7 to film a "zero-g" music video for their song "Upside Down & Inside Out", aboard a reduced gravity aircraft.[16][17]

On 28 August 2018, S7 it would invest $192.87 million in a new manufacturing plant in Moscow, part of its Victory business plan.^{[citation needed]} In December 2018, a few months after the completion of its purchase of Sea Launch[18] the parent holding company was renamed S7 AirSpace Corporation to reflect the transition from an aviation-only business.[19]

On 31 March 2019, chairwoman and co-owner Natalia Fileva died after the Epic LT private plane she was in crashed while landing at Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport.[20] In August 2019, S7 Airlines announced it was collecting donations for Siberian forests damaged by massive fires. The airline decided use a hybrid-retro livery on one of its Airbus A320-200 to the hybrid-retro livery, underlining its previous name and current callsign: Siberia Airlines. The livery is a combination of one from 1992-2005 and one from 2017-today.[21] Also in August 2019, the airline announced that S7 Airlines and Globus Airlines would merge by December 2019, ending Globus´ operations.[22] By early December 2019, the merger had been completed.[23]

In February 2022, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, S7 and other Russian airlines were banned from EU airspace and that of other countries.[24][25] This led to S7 suspending operations in Europe on 25 February 2022 and a suspension of all international flights by 5 March 2022.[26][27] The owner of aircraft leased to S7 Airlines, AerCap is seeking to repossess their aircraft.[28] In July 2022, S7 announced a halt to all plans for its new low-cost subsidiary Citrus due to the required aircraft not being delivered.[29]

In September 2022, S7 reached an agreement to hand back its leased Boeing 737 MAX to their lessor. The aircraft will be transferred via a neutral country.[30]

Financial and operational performance

There are financial and operational performance S7 Airlines starting from 2011:

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Passengers flown (millions)	5,128	6,351	7,085	7,938	8,207	9,509	9,948
— Domestic flights (millions)	3,548	4,010	4,385	5,093	5,526	6,673	6,881
— International flights (millions)	1,580	2,341	2,700	2,845	2,681	2,836	3,067
Load factor, %	75.6	80.1	80.9	80.0	80.3	85.2	85.3
Turnover (rubles, billion)	45,264	55,864	62,721	70,706	82,215	108,111	117,722
Net Profit (rubles, million)	734	546	702	868	923	2,896	4,432
Number of employees	—	2,507	2,711	2,672	2,752	2,571	2,878
Number of aircraft (at the end of the year)	—	38	43	45	45	46	62
Source	[31]	[31]	[32]	[33]	[34]	[35]	[36]

Destinations

S7 Airlines operates to almost 150 destinations domestically within Russia and internationally throughout Europe and Asia.^{[citation needed]}

Codeshare agreements

S7 has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[37]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2022^[update], the S7 Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[46][47][48]

S7 Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			B	E	Total
Airbus A319-100	2	—	—	144	144
Airbus A320-200	16	—	—	174	174	One painted in a hybrid-retro livery.[21]
Airbus A320neo	31	—	8	156	164
Airbus A321-200	8	—	8	189	197
				190	198
Airbus A321neo	8	—	8	195	203
Boeing 737-800	17	—	8	168	176	One painted in the Oneworld livery.[47]
Embraer 170	17	—	—	78	78
S7 Airlines Cargo fleet
Boeing 737-800BCF	2	—	Cargo			First delivery in February 2021.[49]
Total	101	—

Fleet development

On 29 May 2007, the airline announced a proposed order for fifteen Boeing 787 Dreamliners scheduled for delivery in 2014, with an option for ten additional aircraft.[50] However, the order was officially cancelled on 29 January 2009, with S7 stating that it was considering the possibility of taking the aircraft under a leasing scheme.[51] As of November 2008, all Soviet-made aircraft had left the fleet.[52]

In April 2018, S7 renewed interest in the Sukhoi Superjet by planning to purchase 25 Sukhoi Superjet 75 aircraft, with an option of 50 more for the new modification of the Superjet family, and become the launch customer. These will replace the airline's aging Embraer 170 aircraft. The airline plans to take deliveries of this aircraft from 2023.[53] However in September 2019, it was announced the project had been scrapped.[54]

In October 2018, the airline took delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 and became the Russian launch customer of the aircraft type.[55]

Retired fleet

At different times, the S7 Airlines fleet has consisted of the following aircraft:[56]

S7 Airlines retired fleet

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired	Replacement	Notes
Airbus A310-200	2004	2010	Airbus A320 family Boeing 737-800
Airbus A310-300	2004	2014		One crashed as Flight 778
Antonov An-24	1992	2000	Boeing 737 Classic
Boeing 737-400	2006	2008	Boeing 737-800	Transferred to subsidiary Globus Airlines
Boeing 737-500	2005	2009
Boeing 737 MAX 8	2018	2022
Boeing 767-300ER	2008	2017[57]	Airbus A321neo
Tupolev Tu-154B-2	1992	2004	Boeing 737-500	One crashed as Flight 1047
Tupolev Tu-154M	1992	2009	Airbus A320 family Boeing 737-800	One crashed as Flight 1812
Tupolev Tu-204-100	1992	2006	Airbus A310 Airbus A319

Incidents and accidents

• On 4 October 2001, Siberia Airlines Flight 1812, a Tupolev Tu-154M, registration RA-85693, en route from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi, after being hit with a S-200V surface-to-air missile launched as part of a Ukrainian Air Defense exercise staged off Cape Opuk (or Chuluk) in Crimea. All 78 people on board were killed.[58]
• On 24 August 2004, Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, a Tupolev Tu-154B2, registration RA-85556, en route from Moscow to Sochi exploded and crashed due to a terrorist bombing near Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 46 people on board.[59]
• On 9 July 2006, S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310 carrying 193 passengers and 10 crew members, suffered a landing accident at Irkutsk International Airport in Siberia. The jet failed to decelerate on landing, overran the runway and crashed into a concrete barricade; 125 people died.[60][61]
• On 2 December 2021, S7 Airlines Flight 5220, an Airbus A321-271N made an emergency landing at Irkutsk International Airport due to severe icing which led to reduced controllability. The flight suffered from rapid pitch oscillations for 7 minutes. After control was regained the flight diverted to Irkutsk, where all 209 people on board exited injury-free.[62]

Subsidiaries

S7 Technics is a subsidiary of S7, located on the grounds of Tolmachevo Airport.[63]

See also

• Babyflot
• List of airlines of Russia
• Transport in Russia

References

External links

Media related to S7 Airlines at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in English, Chinese, and Russian)

На других языках

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[de] S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines (bis März 2006 Siberia Airlines) ist eine russische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Moskau und Basen auf den Flughäfen Moskau-Domodedowo, Nowosibirsk-Tolmatschowo und Irkutsk.

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[es] S7 Airlines

PJSC Siberia Airlines (en ruso: ПАО «Авиакомпания "Сибирь"»), operando como S7 Airlines es una aerolínea rusa con sede central en el Óblast de Novosibirsk y oficinas en Moscú. Sus centros de conexiones principales son el Aeropuerto Internacional de Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo y el Aeropuerto Internacional de Moscú-Domodédovo desde donde vuela a más de 100 destinos en 30 países de Europa, Medio Oriente y Asia mediante una extensa red en la Comunidad de Estados Independientes. Desde 2010, la aerolínea es miembro de la alianza oneworld.[2] S7 Airlines es la segunda aerolínea más grande de Rusia y la más grande en términos de vuelos dentro del país.[3]

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[fr] S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines (nom officiel « Compagnie aérienne Sibir », en russe : ПАО «Авиакомпания „Сибирь“») (code IATA : S7 • code OACI : SBI) est la troisième compagnie aérienne de Russie (derrière Aeroflot et Rossiya). Elle a été fondée en mai 1992 à Ob, une ville située à proximité de Novossibirsk. Elle est la descendante de Tolmachevo United Avia Squadron (Толмачевский объединенный авиаотряд). Membre de l'alliance Oneworld depuis 2010, elle dessert plus de 80 destinations dans 20 pays[1].

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[it] S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines, legalmente JSC Siberia Airlines (in russo: АО «Авиакомпания "Сибирь"», "АО Aviakompania Sibir"), è una compagnia aerea con sede a Ob', Oblast' di Novosibirsk, Russia, e con uffici anche a Mosca.[1] Nel 2008 era la più grande compagnia aerea domestica russa, con le basi principali presso l'aeroporto Internazionale di Mosca-Domodedovo e l'aeroporto di Tolmachevo.[2] È un membro dell'alleanza Oneworld.[3]

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[ru] S7 Airlines

S7 Airlines (рус. эс сэвэн эйрлайнс, юридическое наименование: акционерное общество «Авиакомпания „Сибирь“») — российская авиакомпания, выполняет внутренние и международные пассажирские авиаперевозки, входит в перечень системообразующих организаций РФ[5], является крупнейшей частной авиакомпанией России[6]. До апреля 2022 года являлась членом глобального авиационного альянса Oneworld, по состоянию на октябрь 2022 года членство приостановлено[7].

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