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Il-86 of Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise,
at St. Petersburg Airport
The history of Pulkovo, named after the area where it is located along with the village of Pulkovo and famous Pulkovo Observatory (founded in 1839) , began 24 June 1932 with the landing of two aircraft from Moscow at the newly-constructed Shosseynaya Airport south of Leningrad.
Air travel expanded rapidly, and in 1939 Shosseynaya Airport operated 29 routes, carrying 6,305 passengers, 708 tons of cargo, and over 333 tons of mail.
The airport became known as "Pulkovo" in the late 1950s. The airport complex consists of two separate terminals which are so far away from each other than can they can be classified as separate airports.
Pulkovo Airlines used Aeroflot livery until ordered to change it in 1997 so to avoid confusion.
Pulkovo Airlines joined the IATA in June 2000. It uses the designator code FV.
As of 2003, Pulkovo flies to 34 destinations in 23 countries, and 12 cities within the CISThe Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS (in Russian: Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv is a confederation or alliance consisting of 12 of the 15 states of the former Soviet Union, the exceptions being the three Baltic states. Its creation signalled. It employs about 7,000 workers. In the first half of 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, it carried 911,563 passengers, of 515,720 were domestic and 395,843 international and CIS flights. It also carried 3,753.6 tons of cargo, of which 3,138.5 was domestic and 615.1 international and CIS (this last was an increase of 34% over the same period in 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom).Pulkovo operates both IlyushinIlyushin is a Russian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Il , founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Notable Ilyushin aircraft include: Ilyushin Il-2 "Sturmovik" Ilyushin Il-4 Ilyushin Il-10 "Sturmovik" Ilyushin Il-12 "Coach" and TupolevTupolev ( Russian: is a Russian aerospace and defence company. Officially known as PSC Tupolev it is the sucessor of the famed Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau (design office prefix Tu headed by the renowned Soviet aerospace engineer A. The company ce aircraft. It is scheduled to merge with Rossiya airline some time in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co or 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign.
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