History
When Aeroflot was dissolved in 1992, its Volgograd-based division became an independent company known as Volga Airlines, having inherited a number of Soviet aircraft. The airline was renamed Volga Aviaexpress (Russian: ООО «Волга Авиа-экспресс») in 1998, and again Air Volga on 24 November 2008. In February 2009, the Bombardier CRJ200 became the first Western-built aircraft to be operated by Air Volga. Two 50-seat aircraft of that type joined the fleet, with another four arriving in November of that year.
On 1 April 2010, bankruptcy was declared with Air Volga, and all flight operations were stopped. Its assets and brand name was acquired by RusLine, along with the route network and CRJ200 fleet. The Air Volga name thus survived, nowadays being used for the marketing of regional RusLine flights.
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