title: RusAir
text: # RusAir
  
  AtlasJet (ex-Rusair) was an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provided charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services.
  
  ## History
  
  The airline was established on 30 November 1994 and started operations in 1994. It was formerly known as CGI Aero. It was 100% owned by Clintondale Aviation. By 2010, it was sold to a new owner. Following the fatal accident in 2011, its AOC license was revoked. In 28 October 2011, the airline re-opened after changing its name to "AtlasJet".
  
  ## Fleet
  
  As of June 2015, the AtlasJet fleet includes the following aircraft:
  
  * 2 Sukhoi Superjet 100
  
  ## Accidents and incidents
  
  * On 20 June 2011, a RusAir Tupolev Tu-134A-3K, Flight 243, operating for RusLine, with 43 passengers and nine crew crash landed, broke up, and caught fire on a highway short of the runway at Petrozavodsk Airport while en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk, killing 47 people and leaving five survivors.
  