Ikar (), legally Ikar Airlines LLC and operating as Pegas Fly from 2015 until 2022, is a Russian charter airline headquartered in Orenburg and based at Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, however operating flights from several Russian airports. It is currently banned from flying into the EU.
History Initially the company, then operating under the Ikar brand, operated a fleet of Mil Mi-8 helicopters for aerial cargo operations mainly carrying bulky loads externally.
In 2015, the airline rebranded to become Pegas Fly, although the brand was changed the airlines legal name was kept as Ikar Airlines. As of 2022, the airline was forced to change to another brand name, as the rights to use Pegas Fly have been expired and cannot be renewed.aerotelegraph.com (German) 21 June 2022 Therefore since 2022, the airline uses its original name Ikar again.ch-aviation.com – Ikar (Russian Federation) retrieved 8 February 2023
Destinations As of May 2024, the airline operates scheduled flights in three countries on 40 routes.
Ikar operates scheduled services to the following destinations:
CountryCitуAirportNotesAbkhazia / GeorgiaSukhumSukhumi Babushara AirportArmeniaYerevanZvartnots International AirportBelarusMinskMinsk National Airport ChinaChangchunChangchun Longjia International AirportFuzhouFuzhou Changle International AirportGuangzhouGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportHaikouHaikou Meilan International AirportJinanJinan Yaoqiang International AirportXi'anXi'an Xianyang International AirportCyprusLarnacaLarnaca International AirportGermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg AirportDüsseldorfDüsseldorf AirportRussiaArkhangelskTalagi AirportAstrakhanNarimanovo AirportBlagoveshchenskIgnatyevo AirportCheboksaryCheboksary International AirportIrkutskInternational Airport IrkutskIzhevskIzhevsk AirportKaliningradKhrabrovo AirportKazanĞabdulla Tuqay Kazan International AirportKemerovoKemerovo International AirportKhabarovskKhabarovsk Novy AirportKirovPobedilovo AirportKrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk International AirportMagadanSokol AirportMakhachkalaUytash AirportMoscowSheremetyevo International AirportZhukovsky International AirportMurmanskEmperor Nicholas II Murmansk AirportNizhnekamskBegishevo AirportNizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportNizhny NovgorodStrigino AirportNovosibirskTolmachevo AirportOrskOrsk AirportPermBolshoye Savino AirportPskovPrincess Olga Pskov International AirportSamaraKurumoch International AirportSochiAdler-Sochi International AirportSurgutFarman Salmanov Surgut AirportUfaMustai Karim Ufa International AirportUlyanovskUlyanovsk Baratayevka AirportYekaterinburgKoltsovo International AirportYuzhno-SakhalinskKhomutovo AirportRussia / UkraineSimferopolAmet-khan Sultan International AirportThailandKrabiKrabi International AirportPattayaU-Tapao International AirportPhuketPhuket International AirportTurkeyAntalyaAntalya AirportDalamanDalaman AirportUnited Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International AirportVietnamNha TrangCam Ranh International AirportVietnamPhú QuốcPhu Quoc International Airport
The airline also operates charters on behalf of Pegas Touristik to tourist destinations in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Fleet
, Ikar operates the following aircraft: AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotesPYTotalBoeing 737-900ER2——215215Boeing 777-200ER2——440440Embraer 190-1004——110110Total8—
Accidents and incidents On 3 December 1995, a Mil Mi-8AMT (RA-25581) leased to Investkorp of Papua New Guinea – pilot error during very poor visibility led to a decrease in rotor speed up to 90 percent at an altitude of just 7 metres as the helicopter continued to descend, understandably at a greater rate. The helicopter crashed; the mechanic was seriously injured. Investigation revealed that the crew had received insufficient training and it was revealed that those involved were not previously certified to fly the Mil Mi-8AMT; their certificates had been signed in New Guinea under false pretence. It was also revealed that Ikar was only allowed to fly domestic routes and routes in the CIS, their activities in New Guinea had breached this order when they delivered RA-25518 and RA-27003 to New Guinea complete with their staff. On 11 July 2012, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter was considered 'lost' sparking a scare when connection with the helicopter had failed. Searches were conducted in a forest region in Magadan where the helicopter had been patrolling a forest fire situation. Connection was broken at 3pm (local time) that day with ten firefighters and four crew-members aboard. Another Mil Mi-8 and an Antonov An-26 were dispatched to locate the helicopter which was found safely landed on the ground in the forest, apparently there were connection issues but the helicopter and crew were uninjured.
See also List of small airlines and helicopter airlines of Russia
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