Belavia Airlines: Boeing 737-300, Tu-154 aircraft

Do you know which Belavia aircraft have airplanes? On what do we fly? These and other questions will be answered in the article. Belavia is a Belarusian airline with headquarters in Minsk. Basic flights and charter international flights are made from the National Airport "Minsk".

Description

Belavia is a member of the Interethnic Organization of Air Carriers (IATA), has 17 residences in various countries. In recent years, the number of travelers carried by it has been steadily increasing and in 2010 it was 968 people. In 2013, 2014.1 tons of mail and cargo and 1.613 million passengers were transported.

History of Belavia Airlines

Belavia was founded in 1996 on the basis of the civil aviation complex of Belarus, which had 60 years of experience in freight and passenger air transportation. What happened to Belavia? What airplanes did she buy? In 1998, this company merged with the "Minskavia" enterprise. As a result, several more An-24, An-26 and Yak-40 appeared in its fleet.

In international air transportation the company cooperates with LOT, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, Aeroflot, Austrian Airlines and other enterprises with which commercial contracts are concluded. In 1936 the first passenger-mail flight between Moscow and Minsk was realized, and by 1940 this number had increased to eight. In 1997, on August 12, Belavia became a member of the Interethnic Air Transport Association (IATA). In 2000, it merged with Mogilevavia.

Regular flights to Paris began in 2001. At the achieved enterprise "Belavia" does not want to stop - it annually increases the fleet and constantly develops a route network.

Fleet

Have you ever used the services of Belavia? Aircraft are her pride. In 2003, on October 16, the company leased the first Boeing 737-500 manufactured in the West. The second same airliner arrived in the People's Airport "Minsk" in April 2004.

All foreign cars were purchased by the company under leasing terms. At the end of 2013, in May, the enterprise bought the sixth Boeing-737-300 vessel from the Carpatair Corporation (Romania). The company is betting on the reconstruction of its air fleet.

According to russiaplane.net, Belavia also received from An Aeroflot An-24, Tu-154 B 2 / M, Tu-134 A and one Il-86. The last aircraft served in the fleet from 1994 to 1996: he flew to China and the United States. A little later he was transferred to the "Atlant-Soyuz", since the passengers were few - the flights became unprofitable.

Today Belavia carries passengers to 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 vehicles), Boeing 737-BBJ2 (VIP-airliner used only by the authorities of the Republic of Belarus).

Baggage transportation rules

Belavia does not overload its airplanes. Passengers of economy class for one piece of baggage can have up to 8 kg of hand luggage with a size not exceeding 55 x 40 x 20 cm, and business class - up to 12 kg of the same parameters.

And what about the checked baggage? One business class cargo space accommodates up to 30 kg of items with parameters of not more than 50 x 50 x 100 cm, and economy class - up to 20 kg of the same size.

And if a child under the age of two bought a ticket with a discount of 90% of the adult fare, and he travels without a separate chair? His parents can use one cargo space and place in it not more than 10 kg of things with parameters up to 50 х 50 х 100 cm.

For infants, among other things, transportation is provided for either one baby carriage, one portable cradle, or one car seat for the newborn.

For those who often flies by Belavia planes and owns the "Gold" and "Silver" cards, 10 kg (50 x 50 x 100 cm) can be added to the rate of free cargo transportation. This is a small bonus to customers from the Belavia Leader promotion project.

It is interesting that the musical instrument, with a total mass of not more than 75 kg, is transported in the cabin of the airliner in a separate passenger seat.

Directions

"Belavia" flights operate in many countries around the world. For example, from Ukraine its planes fly from Simferopol and Kiev. Using the services of Belavia, you can go to Austria (Vienna), Azerbaijan (Baku), England (Manchester), Armenia (Yerevan), Kazakhstan (Pavlodar, Kustanai, 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, the seasonal flight to Odessa became daily.

Belavia Leader

What is Belavia Leader? This is a valid bonus project of the company. With the help of this scheme, passengers save points for flights on the aircraft of the airline and the services of its partners. Then they exchange them for premium airline tickets.

Boeing 737-300

Do you want to travel on a Boeing airplane? "Belavia" in its park has nine steel "three hundred". You can tell a story about each of them.

• Boeing 737-300 (number EW-254 PA). This is one of the most archaic machines of "Belavia", her age is 21 years. It was manufactured in 1993 and served 15 years in Wuhan Airlines (China). In her salon near the private light bulbs and in the toilet are depicted Chinese hieroglyphics. The aircraft appeared at the enterprise in 2008.
• "Boeing-737-300" (number EW-283 PA). The age of the car is 18 years. He began his work in Switzerland in 1996, two years later transferred to the service in Côte d'Ivoire, then to Cape Verde. Then five years he drove passengers in the state Chinese airline and, finally, was in "Belavia" in 2009.
• "Boeing-737-300", the onboard number EW-308 PA. This car is 24 years old. She is a real pensioner. The ship was born in 1990 and started working in the Netherlands in the company Transavia, had a couple of weeks to visit Cameroon Airlines, but then returned to Holland. In 2002, the board was purchased by the Norwegian Norwegian Lowcost, where he served another 9 years. In "Belavia" has been working since 2011.
• Nineteen-year-old aircraft of the same brand with the EW-282 PA onboard number was at Belavia in June 2009. In 1995, a steel bird began working in Continental Airlines (USA), eight years later, served in Ryanair for 1.5 years, then in China for five years.
• "Three-hundred" under the number EW-336 PA. This car is 19 years old. She started her service in the USA in 1995, then worked in Ryanair, BMIbaby (Britain) and even in Russian Kuban. In Minsk she arrived in 2012, in the summer.
• The seventeen-year "Boeing-737-300" under the number EW-366 PA. He was made in 1997, after which he was in the park of the German Lu-koster Fly-DBA, where he worked for 8 years. Further he served in English Thomson Airways, a couple of years in Central Charter Airways (Czech Republic) and a year in Carpatair (Romania). The plane arrived in the park "Belavia" in 2013, in May.
• The twenty-five-year-old Boeing-737-300 with the EW-386 PA on-board number is the main veteran of the Boeing Company, which is part of Belavia. The liner was manufactured in 1989, worked in different companies in Holland until 2002, then left for Norwegian. For about three years he served in Lithuania. This car is one of the last, leased by the company of Belarus.
• The 300th Boeing, under the number EW-404 PA, is 22 years old. This is another "old man" who arrived in 2014 in Minsk. It was assembled in 1992, it served in Germany, Malaysia, Lithuania and Greece.
• Eighteen-year "three hundred" with the onboard number EW-407 PA. Behind this plane is the skies of Romania, Britain, Belgium, and now - the Belarusian.

Tu-154 M

Do you want to buy a ticket for a Tu-154 M airplane ? Unfortunately, there are almost no information on the three "carcasses" of Belavia. It is only known that they should be replaced by the incoming 737-300. There are only three of them in the company's park, the approximate age is from 24 to 27 years.

In fact, the Belavia planes are not too old. Machines made in the last century, in the 90s, will serve until the 2020s. This nuance corresponds to the norms. But old steel birds are morally obsolete, economical 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 engines CFM International CFM 56-3C-1 and has 148 seats in the economic category. Its maximum takeoff weight is 63 276 kg, and the range of the flight is 4400 km. The machine can travel at a cruising speed of 910 km / h. Its maximum altitude is 10,200 m.

And the Tu-154M aircraft was manufactured in the Tupolev Design Bureau in Russia. It is equipped with engines D-30 KU-154 and has a configuration of 131-164. It can travel for distances up to 6000 km with a cruising speed of 950 km / h. His highest take-off weight is 104,000 kg. This machine can climb to the sky at 12 100 m.

Some information

So, we examined the airline Belavia. Minsk airport is magnificent. It is known that in 2014, on June 30, the management of the enterprise announced the action "A vacation is inevitable" for those who planned to visit the Northern Capital of the Russian Federation with working purposes or to rest in it. Tickets for Minsk-St. Petersburg flight, according to the action, could be purchased for 69 euros (minimum price). Since 2014, on September 15, the frequency of this flight has been increased to three flights a week.

Agree, Belavia has high prices for air travel. But as early as June 27, 2014, within the same campaign, the airline offered tickets at specific prices. From June 28 to September 20 (at weekends) people could book a flight to Geneva for 120 euros, and to Stockholm and Helsinki - for 76 euros.

In general, the usual ticket from Minsk to Milan from the company "Belavia" costs 15,506 rubles, and in Berlin - 16,686.

It is known that in 2014 the Belarusian airline launched a new large charter project in Tunisia, Italy and Spain. In the same year Belavia and the International Airlines of Ukraine signed a code-sharing agreement.