The 1997/98 Total Year Report

     In the 1997 -98 year the RusLine - Russian Airlines made its career in the airtransporting business in the Net. We have started on September 1, 1997 with 2-days charter routes from Rostov on Don to Moscow in Tu 154 and till that time we enlarge the quantity of flights per week to 14.

     Our fleet was made of the newest and convenient russian and foreign aircrafts. Now we have 10 Tu 204, 6 Boeing 737-400 and one Tu 154m aircrafts. We have leased some long-routes mashines.

     So, we have leased 2 Boeing 777-200IGW to the next 5 years from Boeing Co., 2 MD - 11 to the next 4 years from SWISS AIR, 2 Il96m to the next 10 years from AEROFLOT. We had also leased 3 An 124-100 to the next 5 years from VOLGA-DNEPR, but now we think that we refuse this leasing.

     About our routes system - we have enlarged greately the list of the world cities where our crafts are flying now. We have just 4 hubs - Rostov-on-Don, Moscow, St. Peterburg and Novosibirsk. All of them are situated in Russia.

     We have made our flight service more like in the leading foreign airlines: to our international routes passengers we can offer about 30 names of hte hot meals and snacks and about 10 names of the dirinks: hot and cool.

      Anyone can book a ticket to the any destination and it will be legitime to the next 2 months.

      Our company had made some negotiations with some of the world’s well-known airlines as Chairways Airlines and Europe Express. We had also bought the Brooks Air VA last winter.

      The general condition of our company is good and healthy now. We are standing strong on the ground and ready for the new business year.

President of RusLine - Russian Airlines   O. Kitaev
Executive Director of RusLine Corporation     A.Antonov
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