Nordwind Airlines

Nordwind Airlines, LLC (Russian: ООО «Северный ветер», romanized: Severný veter) is a Russian leisure airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow,[3] and its hub is at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines primarily operates service between airports in Russia and holiday destinations around the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.[4]

Not to be confused with Northwest Airlines or China Northwest Airlines.
Nordwind Airlines
Северный ветер
IATA ICAO Callsign
N4 NWS NORDLAND
Founded2008 (2008)
Operating basesSheremetyevo International Airport
SubsidiariesPegas Fly
Fleet size32
Destinations81
Parent companyPegas Touristik[1]
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Key peopleShvetsov Igor (General Director)[2]
Websitehttps://nordwindairlines.ru/en

History

Nordwind Airlines was founded in August 2008 by the Russian and Turkish branches of tour operator Pegas Touristik and initially operated three Boeing 757-200s.[5][6]

The number of passengers transported was as follows:[7]

Year Passengers
2008 20,000
2009 555,000
2010 1.2 million
2011 1.7 million
2012 2.2 million
2013 3.4 million
2014 4.4 million

On April 29, 2013, two surface-to-air missiles were fired by unknown forces in Syria at a Nordwind Airlines jet flying from Sharm El Sheikh to Kazan. The pilots took evasive action and the plane continued onto Kazan undamaged.[8]

In 2017, the airline acquired two used A330s.[9]

The Wall Street Journal reported that Nordwind transported approximately 7.4 tons of gold with a market value over $300 million from Venezuela to a refinery near the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. These March 2019 shipments allegedly expose a global underground economy the United States government suspects helps Nicolás Maduro stay in power in Venezuela.[10]

Destinations

Nordwind serves 98 destinations in 28 countries including nine countries and 23 cities in Europe, eight countries and 12 cities in the Middle East and Africa, four countries and four cities in South America, and six countries and 14 cities in Asia.

Country City Airport Notes Ref.
ArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International Airport
AzerbaijanQabalaQabala International Airport
BelarusMinskMinsk International Airport
CubaCayo CocoCayo Coco AirportSeasonal charter
HolguínFrank País AirportSeasonal charter
Santa ClaraAbel Santamaría AirportSeasonal charter
VaraderoJuan Gualberto Gómez AirportSeasonal charter
CamagueyIgnacio Agramonte AirportSeasonal charter
CyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportSeasonal charter
Dominican RepublicPuerto PlataGregorio Luperón International AirportSeasonal charter
Punta CanaPunta Cana International AirportSeasonal charter
SamanáSamaná El Catey International AirportSeasonal charter
Santo DomingoLas Américas International AirportSeasonal charter
GermanyHanoverHannover Airport[11]
GreeceHeraklionHeraklion International AirportSeasonal charter
IndiaGoaDabolim AirportSeasonal charter
IranTehranTehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
JamaicaMontego BaySangster International AirportSeasonal charter
JordanAqabaKing Hussein International AirportSeasonal charter
KazakhstanAlmatyAlmaty International Airport[12]
MexicoCancúnCancún International AirportSeasonal charter
ParaguayAsuncionAsuncion International Airport
RussiaBlagoveshchenskIgnatyevo Airport
CheboksaryCheboksary International Airport
ChelyabinskChelyabinsk Airport
IrkutskInternational Airport Irkutsk
KaliningradKhrabrovo Airport
KazanKazan Airport
KhabarovskKhabarovsk Novy Airport
KrasnodarKrasnodar International Airport
KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk International Airport
MagnitogorskMagnitogorsk International Airport
Mineralnye VodyMineralnye Vody Airport
MoscowSheremetyevo International AirportHub
NizhnekamskBegishevo Airport
NovosibirskTolmachevo Airport
OmskOmsk Tsentralny Airport
OrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny Airport
PermPerm International Airport
Rostov-on-DonPlatov International Airport
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport
SamaraKurumoch International Airport
SimferopolSimferopol International Airport
SochiSochi International Airport
UfaUfa International Airport
VolgogradVolgograd International Airport
YakutskYakutsk Airport
YekaterinburgKoltsovo International Airport
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport
SpainBarcelonaBarcelona–El Prat AirportSeasonal charter
GironaGirona AirportSeasonal charter
Palma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSeasonal charter
ReusReus AirportSeasonal charter
TanzaniaZanzibarAbeid Amani Karume International AirportSeasonal charter
TajikistanKhujandKhujand Airport
QurghonteppaQurghonteppa International Airport
ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi AirportSeasonal charter
KrabiKrabi International AirportSeasonal charter
PattayaU-Tapao International AirportSeasonal charter
PhuketPhuket International AirportSeasonal charter
Surat ThaniSurat Thani International AirportBeginning 28 December 2019
TunisiaDjerbaDjerba–Zarzis International AirportSeasonal charter
MonastirMonastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportSeasonal charter
TurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportSeasonal charter
DalamanDalaman AirportSeasonal charter
IzmirIzmir Adnan Menderes AirportSeasonal charter
IstanbulIstanbul AirportSeasonal charter
TurkmenistanTurkmenabatTurkmenabat Airport
United Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International AirportSeasonal charter
UzbekistanFerganaFergana International Airport
KarshiKarshi Airport
NamanganNamangan Airport
SamarkandSamarkand International Airport
UrgenchUrgench International Airport
VietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International AirportSeasonal charter

Fleet
Nordwind Airlines Boeing 737-800
Nordwind Airlines Boeing 777-200

As of April 2020, Nordwind Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft:[13]

Nordwind Airlines fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A321-200 9 — — 220 220
Airbus A330-200 2 — 24 259 283 Two former Vietnam Airlines aircraft due.
Airbus A330-300 — — TBA One former Jet Airways aircraft due.
Boeing 737-800 12 — 12 156 168
— 189 189
Boeing 777-200ER 6 — — 440 440
Boeing 777-300ER 3 — — 486 486
6 480 486
Irkut MC-21-300 — 5[14] TBA
Total 32 5

The fleet previously included the following aircraft:

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References
  1. "Russia's Nordwind to lease three B737-800s from CBD". ch-aviation. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. "Nordwind: Senior Management". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. About Nordwind
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  5. "Nordwind Airlines (ATDB)". Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. "Boeing 757 Active with Nordwind Airlines". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  7. About Nordwind
  8. "Missiles Fired At Passenger Jet Over Syria 29 April 2013". Sky News. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. Montag-Girmes, Polina (July 14, 2017). "Russia's Nordwind Airlines expands fleet with two A330s". Air Transport World.
  10. Steinhauser, Gabriele; Bariyo, Nicholas (2019-06-19). "How 7.4 Tons of Venezuela's Gold Landed in Africa—and Vanished". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  11. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/283178/nordwind-schedules-hannover-service-from-may-2019/
  12. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/283911/nordwind-schedules-new-central-asia-service-in-2q19/
  13. "Fleet". nordwindairlines.ru. Nordwind Airlines. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  14. "Russia's Irkut MC-21-300 Performs First Flight". ainonline.com. July 31, 2017.
  15. "Airbus A320 in Nordwind Airlines history". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  16. "Boeing 767 in Nordwind Airlines history". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  17. "Nordwind Airlines fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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