The flight was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger service from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport to Orsk Airport in Orsk, a city near the border of Kazakhstan, operated by Russian regional carrier Saratov Airlines.
O voo era un servizo doméstico regular de pasaxeiros dende o aeroporto de Moscova-Domodedovo ata o aeroporto de Orsk, unha cidade preto da fronteira con Casaquistán, operado pola aeroliña rexional rusa Saratov Airlines.