AeroTransport Data Bank

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Rossiya Airlines		R4+FV	SDM	Russia	Moscow-Vnukovo	2011-
Majority share purchased by Rostechnology, transferred in 11/11 to Aeroflot. Will transfer operating base to Moscow-SVO in 10/19. Added on EU black list effective 11/4/22.
Rossiya Russian Airlines		R4+FV	SDM	Russia	Moscow-Vnukovo	2006-2011
Internal division SLO (Specialny Lyoutny Otryad, aka Special Flight Department) for government use separated in 8/08 (qv). Was expected to introduce in 2007Q4 a specific brand name for its commercial operations, keeping "Rossiya" for the transportation of government officials, plan abandonned. Was to be purchased by new holding company set up by Sergei Chemezov (close associate of Vladimir Putin) taking over all carriers of AiRUnion (announced 5/9/08, to be completed mid-2009) as well as Rossiya; plan amended 1/10 with Rossiya and all AiRUnion carriers to be incorporated into Aeroflot). Renamed 3/8/11.
Russia State Transport Company	Rossia/Gosudarstvennaya transportnaya kompania Rossia	R4	SDM	Russia	Moscow-Vnukovo	1995-2006
VIP flights expected to be operated by a new airline (also named Rossia, with Il-96-300, Tu-214, Il-62, Tu-154M , Tu-134, Yakovlev Yak-40, Mil Mi-8 and ordered Tu-204-300 - all transferred from the former GTK Rossia), new airline planned for 11/2005 startup but cancelled. Ordered by Russian government in 9/04 to merge with Pulkovo and become a purely-commercial carrier; merger achieved 29/10/06 (new airline name Soyuz not taken up), then trading as Rossia Russian Airlines.
Russia Special Civil Aviation Detachment	Rossia/Otdelnyi Aviaotriad Grazhdanskoi Aviatsii	R4	RAR;SDM	Russia	Moscow-Vnukovo	1992-1995
Formed by Aeroflot.