Chelyabinsk Balandino Airport
Encyclopedia
Chelyabinsk Airport is an airport in Russia
located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk
. It services large airliners and can park up to 51 aircraft. It also serves as a secondary hub for S7 Airlines
and Ural Airlines
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
located 18 km north of Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
. It services large airliners and can park up to 51 aircraft. It also serves as a secondary hub for S7 Airlines
S7 Airlines
OJSC Siberia Airlines , operating as S7 Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. S7 Airlines has been Russia's fastest-growing airline and recently passed Aeroflot as Russia's largest domestic airline.S7 has operated scheduled passenger...
and Ural Airlines
Ural Airlines
Ural Airlines is an airline based in Yekaterinburg, Russia, operating scheduled and chartered domestic and international flights out of Koltsovo International Airport...
.
Passenger airlines
Accidents and incidents
- On January 26, 2008, an S7 AirlinesS7 AirlinesOJSC Siberia Airlines , operating as S7 Airlines, is an airline headquartered in Ob, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, with offices in Moscow. S7 Airlines has been Russia's fastest-growing airline and recently passed Aeroflot as Russia's largest domestic airline.S7 has operated scheduled passenger...
Airbus A319 landed on the taxiway by mistake. There was no injuries or damage. - On May 26, 2008 an Antonov An-12Antonov An-12The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10.-Design and development:...
operated by Moskovia Airlines crashed2008 Chelyabinsk An-12 crashOn 26 May 2008, a Moskovia Airlines An-12 cargo aircraft crashed near Chelyabinsk, Russia, killing all nine crew members when after departure to Perm it turned back and crashed near the airfield....
shortly after takeoff when trying an emergency landing. All nine crew members on board died.