Russian air carrier Ikar Airlines
Ikar Airlines is a Russian carrier that operates flights under the control of the tour operator Pegas Turistic. The company's field of activity is the implementation of seasonal and regular flights in Russia and abroad on the most popular routes.
About the airline
Ikar Airlines is an airline whose registered airport is Yemelyanovo (Krasnoyarsk).
It was created back in 1997 and was based at the Magadan airport. Then the aircraft fleet consisted of 10 domestic helicopters and 2 aircraft. However, in 2013 the company was bought out and relocated to Yemelyanovo. At the same time, a new operator certificate was issued by the Ministry of Transport with the number 36 dated April 16.
There is a misconception that this air carrier is a subsidiary of the well-known Russian company "NordWind". But this is not the case, since "Ikar" is under the control of the tour operator "Pegas Turistik". The company's activities are carried out on aircraft that previously belonged to "NordWind". On their fuselages after the renovation, the inscription "Pegas" appeared, and on the vertical stabilizers - the image of a winged horse.
Now the air carrier Ikar Airlines has several divisions in Moscow and Khabarovsk.
Aircraft fleet
The company's fleet includes 7 aircraft, which have changed the operating organization more than once in their history. The average age of Ikar Airlines aircraft is almost 17 years. The fleet includes American-made Boeing aircraft of modifications B738 and B763.
The B738 aircraft is presented in the amount of one unit. He is the youngest of all airliners and is 11 years old. There are 6 units of B763 aircraft. The oldest aircraft is almost 20 years old, and the newest is 16. After renovation, the airliners were taken out of service.
Ikar Airlines flights
The company's flights are operated from the following Russian regions:
- Far East - Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- Northwestern District - Arkhangelsk, Murmansk.
- Siberia - Barnaul, Bratsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Novokuznetsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Surgut, Tomsk, Ulan-Ude.
- Ural - Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk.
- Central Russia - Belgorod, Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Syktyvkar.
- Southern District - Astrakhan, Simferopol.
Charter flights are carried out according to orders. The main routes are:
- Bulgaria (Burgas);
- Vietnam (Phu Quoc, Cam Ranh);
- Egypt (Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh);
- Spain (Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife);
- Cyprus (Larnaca);
- Thailand (Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket);
- Turkey (Antalya, Dalaman, Istanbul).
Ikar Airlines: passenger reviews
Among the reviews there are both positive and negative, and sometimes even contradictory about the work of the company as a whole.
Of the positive aspects, passengers highlight:
- comfortable space between the chairs;
- cleanliness and tidiness of the aircraft cabin;
- the skill of the company's pilots;
- delicious onboard food;
- prompt and fast service in the check-in hall;
- the courtesy and friendliness of the flight attendants.
Of the negative aspects, Ikar Airlines customers note:
- faults in washrooms;
- sharp extraneous odors when landing an aircraft;
- frequent aircraft breakdowns;
- many delays due to technical reasons;
- lack of informing passengers about flights by the company's representative office;
- often the reason for the delays is not communicated to the passengers by the representatives of the airline;
- the fleet consists of old aircraft that are in operation every day;
- problems with baggage claim;
- old seat upholstery.
One of the young and dynamically developing Russian airlines is Ikar Airlines. Reviews about her are very different: from positive to sharply negative. The flights are performed on optimized Boeing aircraft. The airline specializes in performing scheduled and charter flights to the most popular tourist and domestic destinations, of which there are more than 50 throughout the year. Safety and high quality passenger service are the main priorities of Icarus.
