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S7 Airlines, legally JSC Siberia Airlines (Russian: АО «Авиакомпания “Сибирь”», “АО Aviakompania Sibir”), is an airlineheadquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia,^[2]^[3] with offices in Moscow. As of 2008, it is Russia’s biggest domestic airline, with its main bases at Domodedovo International Airport and Tolmachevo Airport.

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.

In 1997, Siberia Airlines tried to buy Vnukovo Airlines, to make Moscow its next main hub, but this didn’t eventuate. After the 1998 Russian financial crisis, Vnukovo Airlines was heading towards bankruptcy, and Siberia Airlines advised it to merge, but Vnukovo refused. In 1999, Siberia Airlines signed a document to take over Vnukovo Airlines, in the event Vnukovo ceased operations due to insolvency.

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.

Siberia Airlines rebranded itself as S7 Airlines in 2005.

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. 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.

It was announced in April 2007 that a new division had been set up within the airline, 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.

S7 joined the Oneworld airline alliance in 2010.

In November 2015, S7 Airlines made an offer to acquire a majority stake in bankrupt Transaero. However, the proposal was rejected by shareholders.

In 2016, 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.

On 28 August 2018, S7 announced the investment of $192.87 million for a new manufacturing plant of its business plan “Victory” in Moscow. The investment is expected to produce 1000 jobs.

According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), in 2019 S7 ranked sixth in the top ten list of most punctual European airlines.

In December 2018, a few months after the completion of its purchase of Sea Launch the parent holding company was renamed from S7 Group to S7 AirSpace Corporation to reflect the transition from an aviation-only business.

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.

In August 2019, S7 Airlines announced the charity work by collecting the financial support for Siberian forests, harmed by massive fire. Therefore, the airline decided to colour one of the Airbus A320-200 to the hybrid-retro livery, to underline it’s previous and technical name – Siberia Airlines, by combining two liveries: of 1992-2005 and 2017-today.

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
Chair occupancy, %	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

Destinations

Development since the 2000s

S7 Airlines operates to almost 150 destinations domestically within Russia and internationally throughout Europe and Asia.

Codeshare agreements

S7 has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Aegean Airlines
Aeroflot
Azerbaijan Airlines
Aigle Azur
Air Astana
Air Italy
Air Moldova
Asiana Airlines
Aurora
Belavia
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Cyprus Airways
El Al
Emirates
Etihad Airways
Hainan Airlines
Iberia
Japan Airlines
Montenegro Airlines
NordStar
Qatar Airways
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Jordanian
Singapore Airlines
TAP Air Portugal
Ural Airlines
Uzbekistan Airways
Yamal Airlines

Fleet

Current fleet

As of June 2019, the S7 Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

S7 Airlines Fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	C	Y	Total	Notes
Airbus A319-100	18	—	—	144	144	One in Oneworld livery.
Airbus A320-200	18	—	8	150	158	One in hybrid-retro livery
Airbus A320neo	14	3	8	156	164
Airbus A321-200	7	—	8	189	197
Airbus A321-200	7	—	8	190	198
Airbus A321neo	4	—	8	195	203
Boeing 737-800	21	—	8	168	176	Operated by Globus Airlines. One in Oneworld livery.
Boeing 737 MAX 8	2	9	8	168	176	Operated by Globus Airlines.
Embraer 170	17	—	—	78	78
Sukhoi Superjet 100-75	—	25	TBA			To be delivered 2023 Order includes 50 options. Will be the launch customer.
Total	101	37

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. 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. As of November 2008, all Soviet-made aircraft had left the fleet.

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 E-170 aircraft. The airline plans to take deliveries of this aircraft from 2023.

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

Retired Fleet

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

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	Airbus A320 family Boeing 737-800	One crashed as S7 Airlines 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 737-800
Boeing 767-300ER	2008	2017	Airbus A321neo
Ilyushin Il-86	1992	2008	Boeing 767-300ER
Tupolev Tu-154B-2	1992	2004	Boeing 737-500	One crashed as Siberia Airlines Flight 1047
Tupolev Tu-154M	1992	2009	Airbus A320 family Boeing 737-800	One crashed as Siberia Airlines 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.
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 bombingnear Rostov-on-Don, Russia, killing all 46 people on board.
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.

Subsidiaries

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

S7 Airlines

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
S7	SBI	SIBERIAN AIRLINES

Founded

May 1957 (as Tolmachevsky squadron)

Commenced operations

May 1992 (as Siberia Airlines)

Hubs

Moscow–Domodedovo
Novosibirsk–Tolmachevo

Focus cities

Irkutsk
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok

Frequent-flyer program

S7 Priority

Alliance

Oneworld

Subsidiaries

Cyprus Airways
Globus Airlines
Epic Aircraft

Fleet size

101

Destinations

150

Company slogan

Freedom to choose

Parent company

S7 AirSpace Corporation

Headquarters

Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

Key people

Vladimir Obyedkov (General Director)

Employees

3,000

Website

s7.ru

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