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Region Avia

Russian regional airline

Region Avia (Russian: Регион-Авиа), also styled Region-Avia or Region Avia Airlines, was a regional airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Domodedovo International Airport, and chartered services out of Bykovo Airport.2 It ceased to exist in 2011.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1

Region Avia (Russian: Регион-Авиа), also styled Region-Avia or Region Avia Airlines, was a regional airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating scheduled passenger flights out of Domodedovo International Airport, and chartered services out of Bykovo Airport.2

The story

Region Avia was registered in Moscow in 2005, as a company which was to 52% owned by (unnamed) Russian citizens and had an initial funding of $50 million. It received its Air Operator's Certificate on 19 August 2006. The last scheduled flight (from Tambov to Moscow) took place on 31 December 2010, and the company was dissolved in early 2011.

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Destinations

At its height in 2009, Region Avia operated scheduled services to the following domestic destinations:

Arkhangelsk - Talagi Airport

Anapa - Anapa Airport

Ivanovo - Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport

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Kursk - Kursk Vostochny Airport

Moscow - Domodedovo International Airport (base)

Nizhny Novgorod - Nizhny Novgorod International Airport

Petrozavodsk - Petrozavodsk Airport

Pskov - Pskov Airport

Saint Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport

Sochi - Sochi International Airport

Tambov - Tambov Donskoye Airport

Yaroslavl - Tunoshna Airport

Between 2007 and 2008, Region-Avia had offered flights from Yekaterinburg to Magnitogorsk, Ufa and Nyagan on behalf of Aviaprad.

Fleet

The Region Avia Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:

8 Antonov An-28

8 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia

The company had plans to acquire a fleet of up to 50 foreign-made aircraft (either ATR 42, ATR 72 or Bombardier Dash 8) by 2012.

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Timeline

  1. 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2005Founded Founded1

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