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The story
The airline was established in 1999 in Irkutsk, Russia.
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Private company
IrAero
Logo: IrAero, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Russian airline
IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia. It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is in Irkutsk Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1999Founded1
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IrAero is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia. It operates domestic and international scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base is in Irkutsk Airport.2
Products and brands
Destinations
IrAero flies to a number of destinations from its hubs in Russia: Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Magadan, and Moscow. It also carries out international flights to a number of countries including Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Mongolia, Philippines, and Vietnam.
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2025, IrAero operates the following aircraft:
Former fleet
The IrAero fleet previously also included the following aircraft types:
Antonov An-140
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Boeing 737-800
Boeing 777-200ER
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Controversies and legal
Accidents
On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103, operated by an Antonov An-24 (RA-46561), overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk during landing at the end of a flight from Chita. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured, but there were no casualties.
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Timeline
- 1999Founded Founded1
Links
- Websiteiraero.ru1
- WikipediaIrAero
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ2033681
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataIrAero on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaIrAero on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsIrAero logo by IrAero, Public domain
- 4WikipediaIrAero on Wikipedia (revision used)
- 5Wikimedia CommonsIrAero photo by Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY-SA 2.0