Do you know what kind of aircraft Belavia has? What are we flying on? We will answer these and other questions in the article. Belavia is a Belarusian airline with headquarters in Minsk. Basic flight and charter international flights are made from the Minsk National Airport.
Description
Belavia is a member of the International Air Carrier Organization (IATA), has 17 residences in various countries. In recent years, the number of travelers transported by her has been steadily growing and in 2010 amounted to 968 people. In 2013, 2014.1 tons of mail and cargo and 1.613 million passengers were transported.
History of Belavia Airlines
The state airline Belavia was formed in 1996 on the basis of the civil aviation complex of Belarus, which had 60 years of experience in cargo and passenger air transportation. What happened next to Belavia? What kind of aircraft did she acquire? In 1998, this company merged with the Minskavia enterprise. As a result, several more An-24, An-26 and Yak-40 appeared in her fleet.
In international flights, the company cooperates with LOT, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, Aeroflot, Austrian Airlines and other companies with which commercial agreements are concluded. In 1936, the first passenger-mail flight between Moscow and Minsk was carried out, and by 1940 this number increased to eight. In 1997, on August 12, Belavia became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In 2000, it merged with the Mogilevavia company.
Planes began to fly regularly to Paris in 2001. Belavia does not want to stop at what has been achieved - it annually increases its fleet and constantly develops a route network.
Fleet
Have you ever used Belavia services? Airplanes are her pride. In 2003, on October 16, the company leased the first Boeing 737-500, manufactured in the West. The second airliner arrived at the People's Airport Minsk in April 2004.
All foreign cars were purchased by the company on leasing terms. At the end of 2013, in May, the company bought the sixth vessel Boeing-737-300 from Carpatair Corporation (Romania). The company is betting on the reconstruction of its air fleet.
According to russiaplane.net, Belavia also received An-24, Tu-154 B 2 / M, Tu-134 A and one Il-86 from Aeroflot. The last aircraft served in the Navy from 1994 to 1996: he flew to China and the United States. A little later he was transferred to Atlant-Soyuz, as there were few passengers - flights became unprofitable.
Today Belavia carries passengers on the Boeing 737-500 (6 cars), Boeing 737-300 (9 cars), Tu-154 M (3 cars), CRJ-100/200 LR (4 cars), Embraer-175 (two ordered cars), Boeing 737-BBJ2 (VIP airliner used only by the authorities of the Republic of Belarus).
Baggage Transportation Rules
“Belavia” tries not to overload its planes. Economy class passengers for one piece of luggage can have up to 8 kg of hand luggage with a size of not more than 55 x 40 x 20 cm, and business class - up to 12 kg of the same parameters.
What about checked baggage? One business class package holds up to 30 kg of items with parameters not exceeding 50 x 50 x 100 cm, and economy class - up to 20 kg of the same size.
And if a child under two years old purchased a ticket at a discount of 90% of the adult fare, and he travels without a separate seat? His parents can use one package and place no more than 10 kg of things in it with parameters up to 50 x 50 x 100 cm.
For babies, among other things, transportation is provided for either one baby stroller, or one portable cradle, or one car seat for newborns.
For those who often fly Belavia airplanes and own Gold and Silver cards, 10 kg (50 x 50 x 100 cm) are allowed to be added to the free freight rate. This is a small bonus to customers from the Belavia Leader promotion project.
Interestingly, musical instruments with a total mass of not more than 75 kg are transported in the cabin of an airliner in a separate passenger seat.
Directions
Belavia operates flights to many countries around the world. For example, from Ukraine its planes fly from Simferopol and Kiev. Using Belavia services, you can go to Austria (Vienna), Azerbaijan (Baku), England (Manchester), Armenia (Yerevan), Kazakhstan (Pavlodar, Kustanay, Astana, Karaganda), Germany (Berlin, Hanover, Frankfurt), Georgia ( Tbilisi, Batumi), Iran (Tehran), Israel (Tel Aviv), Russia (Kaliningrad, Sochi, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg), France (Paris), Sweden (Stockholm) and return.
In 2015, on October 25, a seasonal flight to Odessa became daily.
Belavia Leader
What is Belavia Leader? This is a valid bonus project of the company. Using this scheme, passengers accumulate points for flights on airplanes of the airline and the services of its partners. Then they exchange them for premium airline tickets.
Boeing 737-300
Would you like to travel on a Boeing aircraft? “Belavia” in its park has nine steel “three hundred”. You can tell a story about each of them.
- Boeing 737-300 (part number EW-254 PA). This is one of the most archaic machines of Belavia, its age is 21 years. It was manufactured in 1993 and served 15 years at Wuhan Airlines (China). In her salon, near the private lighting bulbs and in the toilet, Chinese characters are depicted. The plane appeared at the enterprise in 2008.
- Boeing 737-300 (number EW-283 PA). Age of the car is 18 years. He began his work in Switzerland in 1996, two years later he transferred to serve in Côte d'Ivoire, then in Cape Verde. Then, for five years, he took passengers to a state-owned Chinese airline and, finally, ended up in Belavia in 2009.
- Boeing 737-300, tail number EW-308 PA. This car is 24 years old. She is a real senior citizen. The ship was born in 1990 and began working in the Netherlands with Transavia, managed to be part of Cameroon Airlines for a couple of weeks, but then returned to Holland. In 2002, the board was bought by the main Norwegian low-cost Norwegian, where he served another 9 years. He has been working in Belavia since 2011.
- A nineteen-year-old aircraft of the same brand with tail number EW-282 PA turned up with Belavia in June 2009. In 1995, the steel bird began working at Continental Airlines (USA), after eight years, it served for 1.5 years at Ryanair, then in China for five years.
- "Three hundred" under the number EW-336 PA. This car is 19 years old. She began her service in the USA in 1995, then worked in Ryanair, BMIbaby (Britain) and even in Russian Kuban. She arrived in Minsk in 2012, in the summer.
- Seventeen-year-old Boeing 737-300 under the number EW-366 PA. It was made in 1997, after which he ended up in the Fly-DBA low-cost airline park in Germany, where he worked for 8 years. He then served at Thomson Airways in England, a couple of years at Central Charter Airways (Czech Republic) and a year at Carpatair (Romania). The plane arrived at Belavia Park in 2013, in May.
- The twenty-five-year-old Boeing 737-300 with a tail number EW-386 PA is the main veteran of the Boeings that are part of Belavia. The liner was manufactured in 1989, worked in various companies in Holland until 2002, then left for Norwegian. About three years he served in Lithuania. This car is one of the last obtained through leasing by a company in Belarus.
- The 300th Boeing under the number EW-404 PA is 22 years old. This is another “old man” who arrived in Minsk in 2014. It was assembled in 1992, served in Germany, Malaysia, Lithuania and Greece.
- Eighteen-year-old “three hundred” with tail number EW-407 PA. Behind this aircraft, the skies of Romania, Britain, Belgium, and now Belarus.
Tu-154 M
Do you want to buy a ticket for Tu-154 M? Unfortunately, there is almost no information about the three “carcasses” of Belavia. It is only known that they should be replaced by incoming 737-300. There are three of them in the company's fleet, the approximate age is from 24 to 27 years.
In fact, Belavia aircraft are not too old. Machines made in the last century, in the 90s, will last until the 2020s. This nuance is compliant. But old steel birds are morally obsolete, inefficient and require constant attention of technicians. Obviously, Belavia does not have enough money to buy new cars. Therefore, people continue to fly on liners that have visited different countries and hands.
Machine Parameters
It is known that the manufacturer of the Boeing 737-300 is the United States. It is equipped with CFM International CFM 56-3C-1 engines and has 148 seats in the economic category. Its maximum take-off weight is 63,276 kg, and the flight range is 4,400 km. The machine can move at a cruising speed of 910 km / h. Its maximum flight height is 10,200 m.
And the Tu-154 M aircraft was manufactured at the Tupolev Design Bureau in Russia. It is equipped with D-30 KU-154 engines and has a configuration of 131-164. It can travel up to 6,000 km at a cruising speed of 950 km / h. Its highest take-off weight is 104,000 kg. This machine can fly up to 12,100 m.
Some information
So, we examined the Belavia airline. Minsk Airport is magnificent. It is known that in 2014, on June 30, the enterprise management announced the “Vacation is Inevitable” campaign for those who planned to visit the northern capital of the Russian Federation with work purposes or relax in it. Tickets for the Minsk – St. Petersburg flight, according to the promotion, could be purchased for 69 euros (minimum price). Since 2014, September 15, the frequency of this flight has been increased to three flights a week.
Agree, Belavia has high air travel prices. But on June 27, 2014, as part of the same promotion, the airline offered tickets at specific prices. From June 28 to September 20 (at the weekend), people could book a flight to Geneva for 120 euros, and to Stockholm and Helsinki for 76 euros.
In general, a regular ticket from Minsk to Milan with Belavia costs 15 506 rubles, and to Berlin - 16 686.
It is known that in 2014 the Belarusian airline launched a new major charter project in Tunisia, Italy and Spain. In the same year, Belavia and Interethnic Airlines of Ukraine entered into a code-sharing agreement.