Continental Airways
Continental Airways was a passenger charter airline based in Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1995 and operated out of Sheremetyevo International Airport. History. The airline was founded in 1995 as an exclusive cargo airline, operating 3 Tupolev Tu-154s. Its initial base was the Vnukovo International Airport at M. In 2000 it acquired 3 Ilyushin Il-76TD s to increase its routes and expand its destinations. In 2004, they acquired 4 more Tu-154s to start their passenger service, which would make its first flight in 2005. After having financial problems for two years, selling several of his Il-76s and  suspending most of their destinations, on July 29, 2011 the Russian Air Safety Agency revoked his permission to fly, and the next day, the airline declared bankruptcy, thus ceasing all its operations. Destinations. Continental Airways served the following scheduled destinations: Abakan , Anapa , Barnaul , Bratsk , Blagoveshchensk , Cheliabinsk , Gelendzhik , Irkutsk , Kazan , Kemerovo , Komsomolsk-on-Amur , Krasnodar , Krasnoyarsk , Moscow , Murmansk , Nizhni Novgorod , Norilsk , Novokuznetsk , Petropavl , Rostov-on-Don , Samara , Sochi , Ufa , Vladivostok , Yakutsk , Yekaterinburg , and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk . Fleet. File:Tupolev Tu-154M, Continental Airways AN0854922.jpg|thumb|A Continental Tupolev Tu-154M at Dubai International Airport in 2005 Continental Airways operated the following aircraft: External links . Category:Companies based in Moscow Category:Airlines established in 1995 Category:Airlines disestablished in 2011 Category:Defunct airlines of Russia Category:Defunct companies of Russia