OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2012. JSC Donavia continues its air fleet renovation. 16 November 2012, the airline added a 4th Airbus 319. The aircraft had flown to Rostov-on-Don from France early in the morning.

The 4th Airbus, just like the three others, was received by Donavia under an operating lease contract. The aircraft will be operated on the company’s destinations from Rostov-on-Don.

Airbus 319 come in a two-class layout, with 12 business-class and 120 economy-class seats; the one-class version has 138 economy-class seats. Flying range is 5500 km.

JSC DONAVIA is part of the AEROFLOT Group.

AEROFLOT the is the leader of the Russian air transport industry, member of SkyTeam alliance. Its overall route network comprises 983 destinations in 178 countries. In 2011 Aeroflot carried over 14 million people.

DONAVIA (Aeroflot-Don before September 25, 2009) is Aeroflot's subsidiary founded on March 30, 2000 and based in the airports of Rostov-on-Don, Mineralnye Vody, Sochi, and Sheremetyevo airport (Moscow).

DONAVIA is included in the registry of IOSA (IATA operating safety audit) operators in December 2008, and has repeatedly requalified. The status of an IOSA registered operator certifies that the carrier has successfully passed IATA operating safety audit.