![]() ![]() The aircraft seats 522 with 12 in business class and 510 in economy. She was painted up at Alitalia’s maintenance facility in Rome. It really shouldn’t be a surprise since the Amur Tiger Centre was founded by Vladimir Putin! In September 2016 Rossiya’s 6 th 747-400 (EI-XLD) was rolled out wearing a similar Tiger scheme and nicknamed ‘Tigrolyot’. Following Transaero’s bankruptcy seeing as Rossiya acquired a good chunk of their fleet it seems only fitting that they also took over the collaboration too. In June 2015 Transaero unveiled the result of its collaboration with the Amur Tiger Centre with a special livery applied to one of its Boeing 747-400s (EI-XLN). Rossiya benefited substantially from the collapse of Transaero in October 2015 and now operates 59 aircraft many of which (737s, 747s and 777s) were formerly with Transaero. Since then Rossiya has merged with two other Aeroflot subsidiaries, Orenair and Donavia, to form Aeroflot’s St Petersburg domestic scheduled and Russia wide charter arm. In the past decade there has been a lot of state interference in Russian aviation, protecting and strengthening Aeroflot so it was little surprise that in 2010 Rossiya officially became part of the Aeroflot group. Originally it operated mainly from Moscow Vnukovo but in 2006 it tookover St Petersburg based Pulkovo and grew in size substantially. In 1993 the 235 th IAD was renamed as Rossiya – Russia State Transport and 5 years later it actually began operating airline services as well as its original government role. Rossiya began life as the 235 th Independent Air Detachment, operating for the Soviet Federal Government, with many of its fleet in VIP configuration. THE REAL THING She really purrs! Photo by Yochai Mossi of AirTeamImages from That has given Gemini Jets the opportunity to try their hand at a wonderful special scheme and a wonderful standard livery, which combines together on the ‘Queen of the Skies’. Rossiya has been one of the major beneficiaries of recent events and with its growth into large widebodies comes a new commitment to conservation of Russian big cats. ![]() ![]() Aviation in Russia is nowadays a lot more businesslike than it was during the 1990s and early 2000s in part due to the regular financial crises the country’s economy undergoes, but also due to interference from the Russian government. ![]()
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