Russian Polet Airlines was founded in 1988. During its 20-year history, Polet Airlines has been renowned both in the Russian and international markets for its invaluable experience in the transportation of heavy and oversized cargo. We have been certified for the operation of aviation activities in the United States and Canada and are registered with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for flight operations worldwide. Polet Airlines has its representative offices in the USA and Germany.

The Aircompany originated in 1988 from within the cooperative founded by Mr. Anatoly S. Karpov. Using a leased AN-30 Aircraft, the company then began its first cargo transportations.

Today, the main Aircraft used by Polet Airlines is cargo aircraft AN-124-100 Ruslan - a world record holder in both operating range and cargo capacity. The Ruslan's incredible performance allows for diverse and otherwise prohibitive projects regarding the transportation of heavy and outsized cargo. The Ruslan fleet consists of 4 (four) Aircraft.

Polet Airlines previous activity also consists of space hardware and equipment transportation.  Since 1999, we have been a general carrier for the Federal Space Agency of Russia.  For 10 years, Polet Airlines aircraft have delivered more than 80 spacecraft, produced by leading space agencies from Russia to Baikonur.

Polet Airlines has earned the respect of many countries. Amongst our honored clients are the United States, Canada, India, Japan, and the European Space Agency.

The tremendous worldwide-market demand of the AN-124-100 Ruslan aircraft allows for the constant expansion of our flight territory. In addition, our highly qualified specialists provide us the opportunity for inclusion into an elite list of five leading worldwide-market Russian cargo carriers.
Polet Airlines is an active participant in the Air Launch space project. The project, planned by the federal space program from 2006-2015, seeks to create competitive services of light-class space transportation systems, capable of delivering satellites to any level of Earth's orbit.

Standard passenger transportation has been a part of Polet Airlines operations since 2003. Today Polet Airlines is the leader in regional passenger transportation in the Central Federal District of Russia, comprising more than 90% of Voronezh's International carriage volume. Polet's flight route includes popular directions inside Russia, CIS, European and Asian countries. 

The intensity and depth of Polet Airlines flight territory provides attractive investment incentives throughout the region.  Our substantial presence within the administrative centers of Russia and Europe offers a prudent investment opportunity. Polet Airlines is highly active in the operations and development of Voronezh International airport.

The aircraft that forms the basis of Polet Airlines fleet is the Aircraft SAAB-2000 - one of the fastest turboprop aircraft in the world. The utilization of foreign aircraft for regional transportation allows Polet Airlines to provide its passengers with high levels of comfort and safety. As of 2008, Polet Airlines has carried 217 900 passengers.

As a result of our first-rate cargo transportation, Polet Airlines has received a number of prestigious international awards such as the Business Initiative Direction's Quality Gold Star and Quality Brilliant Crown. We have also been honored to receive awards by the European Trade Club as well as the European Institution of Traffic Administration.

Polet Airlines has been laureate of the National Award Wings of Russia in 2005 and 2007 nominated for Passenger carrier in domestic airlines.

On February 25, 2009 in the presence of Russian Minister of Transportation Mr. Levitin, the Contract signing took place between Ilyushin Finance Co and CJSC Polet Airlinesfor the purchasing of 3 IL-96-400T cargo aircraft. The terms were for a 15-year lease.

The purchase of aircraft IL-96-400T has been a starting platform for the opening of a new Polet Airlines air-transport business. IL-96-400T operation is the key to the development of regular cargo transportation between Russia, China, South Korea, EU and CIS counties.
Polet Airlines takes an active part in development of the business aviation market, organizing and performing flights on the BAE-125-800 aircraft.

As of 2008, Polet Airlines has performed 6850 flights, carried 217 900 passengers and transported 26 609 656 tons of cargo.

Polet Airlines is the largest carrier in the Central Federal District of Russia.

Fleet:

• SAAB-2000 - 6 AC
• AN-124-100 - 4 AC
• IL-96-400Т - 3 AC
• AN-30 - 2 AC
• AN-24 - 1 AC
• IL-76TD - 1 AC
• BAE-125-800 - 1 AC