NORDAVIA SOLD FOR JUST €5 MILLION

Aeroflot subsidiary Nordavia which operates 737 and AN-24 aircraft and which lost millions of Euros on its operations last year has been sold to Norilsk-Nickel for 146m with 141m euro in debt being paid off leaving 5m euro for Aeroflot. Many will remember that Nordavia was the successor of Aeroflot Nord that was itself  the successor of Arkhangelsk airlines. In addition to its many domestic flights, mainly in northwest-Russia, the airline operates cross-border flights in the Barents Region, from Murmansk to Tromsø and Helsinki. The airline had become a bit of a joke after a stewardess was arrested for being