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 Vnukovo International Airport. In 2000, it acquired 3 Ilyushin Il-76TDs 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 29 July 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 Continental Airways operated the following aircraft: See also List of defunct airlines of Russia References External links Companies based in Moscow Airlines established in 1995 Airlines disestablished in 2011 Defunct airlines of Russia Defunct companies of Russia