ATRAN

The airline was established and started operations in 1942 as an Aeroflot agency under the name Moscow Aviation Enterprise. The original function of the airline was to deliver spare parts for aircraft.

In 1962 the airline had started operations of heavy freighters, and by the 1980 had a fleet of 29 covering the entire Soviet Union and changing its name to Transport Aviation. In 1990, the company was created as the first independent airline in the Soviet Union and at the same time changing its name to Aviatrans. It became a private public limited liability company in 1993. In January 1997 the name ATRAN began being used.

In September 2023 Atran restarted operations after acquiring two An-12 freighters.

Current fleet

As of August 2025, ATRAN operates the following aircraft:

1 Antonov An-12BP

Historic fleet

ATRAN has previously operated the following aircraft types:

Incidents and accidents

On 29 July 2007, an Atran Antonov An-12, registration RA-93912, crashed 4 km from Domodedovo International Airport after taking off on a flight on the route Moscow-Omsk-Bratsk, killing 7 crew members.

On 26 March 2025, an ATRAN An-12BK (RA-11371) rolled off the runway at Novy Urengoy Airport after a landing gear failure, all eight on board survived.