As the owner of "Vim-Avia" wanted to make Kazan Hab between China and Europe. Scandal with "Vim-Avia": the flight of owners, detentions and a tough reaction of Putin who owns the airline VIM Avia

The youngest, and more recently, the largest charter air carrier of the country "Vim-Avia", the cost of which experts estimate $ 60 million officially revealed its owner. If you believe the company's materials, it is 100% belonging to the Rashid Murshekayev.

Until the last moment, Vim-Avia LLC held financial indicators and information about the owners. But now it has become publicly available. The fact that Mursekayev is the owner of VIM-Avia, the company reported in the investment report. prepared for a bill loan of 500 million rubles. (his copy is available at the disposal of the Vedomosti). The loan is organized by the group of companies "Region" and Impexbank. An employee of one of these companies participating in writing a memorandum clarifies that Mursekayev controls all 100% of VIM-Avia capital. The market guessed that the entrepreneur controls the company, notes the source from the environment of Mursekayev. But many have believed that at least a small package remained at the founder of "Vim-Avia" - Viktor Merkulova, he adds.

In transport, Mursekayev is not a newcomer, although the aviation took up only in 2003, when "VIM-Avia" appeared. And I started my career of Murshequaev in trading together with the countryman from Barnaul, the founder of Cascol Sergei was inexped. First, the partners were engaged in the supply of Chinese wide-ups - to the account of debts for Russian weapons and aircraft equipment. Then they bought the shares of regime and aviation enterprises. In 1997, Mursekayev went on business independently. Of the most famous transactions during this period, the resale of 68% of the shares of the Far Eastern Shipping Company for the ex-head of the Ministry of Powered Sergey General.

Merkulov was the founder of "Vim-Avia". Aviators joke that VIM is deciphered as "Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov". Initially, the company's fleet consisted of four IL-62 and four An-12. Then Mursekayev bought the carrier controlling stake and organized leasing 12 used Boeing 757, at the expense of which "VIM-Avia" and reached today's heights. The seller was the German Condor Flugdienst - a charter "daughter" Lufthansa. The owners of the liners, as follows from the memorandum, while the creditors "Vim-Aviy" are left, "Meridian Leasing", Impexbank and Avangard-Leasing. Terms of agreements with them - 3-6 years.

With Mursekayev and Merkulov yesterday could not be contacted.

Mursekayev acquired a good business. As follows from the Memorandum "VIM-Avia", the company's revenue for 10 months of this year amounted to 4.5 billion rubles. While all last year, the same indicator was 822 million rubles. The company's recent purchases of other carriers - "Chita-Avia", "Aerobratsk" and "Russian Sky", "Aerobratsk" and "Russian Sky" were promoted to advance. By October "Vim-Avia" moved from the 42nd to the 6th place by passenger traffic by "Domodedovo Airlines", "UTair", close to the Transaero. And at the end of the year, the company's turnover should amount to 6 billion rubles, or $ 210 million, lies in the memorandum. True, the yield "Vim-Avia" is not high. For 10 months, its net profit was only 2.6 million rubles, and sales profitability - 0.19%, indicated in the document.

"The company quickly flew to the market and for a short time he managed to become the sixth in terms of transportation volumes," said Mikhail Ghalelin analyst, analyst. In his opinion, today the cost of the entire company can reach up to 30% of its annual revenue, i.e. about $ 63 million.

Investigators in the case of "Vim-Avia" find out how co-owners brought the airline to collapse and where they could hide assets and money. It is possible that Rashid Murshekayev guessed the emergency crash of the aircraft industry and the alert took assets, including through relatives and proxies. According to one of the versions, the money went to Luxembourg - there at the son-in-law Mursekayev (or his full twirl) was discovered by offshore. And the daughter of Mursekayeva sold its fuel company with billion turns a few weeks before the Collapse "Vim-Avia". The month earlier went bankrupt a firm that was created to manage the finances of the carrier. In both stories, the longtime business partner Mursekayev Sergey Galan participated.

Strong bonds of family business

Most of Rashid Mursekayeva firms are tied to a family. Even in the "Vim-Avia" the main owner is he, but the spouse Svetlana. The two sisters, for example, owned companies operating in the real estate market.

Rashid Mursekayev

And in 2014, the businessman's daughter was served in business. Anna Ambrosova (Mursekayeva) still on the fourth course MGIMO founded the fuel company "FT International". Two years after the creation of the "FT International" earned 2.5 billion per year. The second co-owner was Anna's husband, a 25-year-old graduate of the Higher School of Economics Nikolai Ambrosov. He is the son of a long-standing business partner Mursekayev, Evgenia Ambrosov. Together, they at the beginning of zero managed the major marine hob of Russia - the Far Eastern maritime shipping company.

Presumably, the fuel firm of the daughter earned, including on the sale of kerosene at Bratsk airport in the Irkutsk region. This airport has long been owned by the Mursekayev family - first through the office "Invest Holding", and now through "Vim-Avia".

Bratsk is a small, but important hub that uses transatlantic flights for refueling, and the Russian Emergencies Ministry to extinguish fires in the taiga and for observation flights. "Vim-Avia" he was needed as a transshipment point for refueling and maintenance of its Chinese flights: they began their business from charter flights to China. And this airfield halfway from Moscow to China. On it, experts say, you can earn money by selling fuel.

The main earnings there is a refill of helicopters and aircraft, "said Boris Rybak, head of the consulting company Infomost.

Despite the good financial indicators, in August of this year, Anna Ambrosov and her husband unexpectedly decided to sell "FT International". Interestingly, the Father's Airlines by the time the problems with the debts for aviation kerosene began. If we assume that Mursekayev guessed about the soon collapse and prepared to escape abroad, then this step looks like getting rid of Russian assets. Especially considering the identity of the buyer. They became the Moscow businessman Sergey Galan - a long-time familiar family. Offices His firms are even located in the same business center as Mursekayev.

Interestingly, a month before the repurchase of "FT International" Galan through the Technopolis controlled by him, "Technopolis" went bankrupt the company Mursekayev, who initially owned Bratsk airport. Speech about Invest Holding. Mursekayev created it 10 years ago to manage assets and securities, word, for managerial and operating support "Vim-Avia". According to the Kartoteka.ru base, last year "Invest Holding" showed a net profit of 9 million rubles. However, for some reason he did not have enough million to extinguish certain obligations in time to "Technopolis". The forensic materials do not say, for what exactly "Invest Holding" owed.

Offshore latitude

Interest's interest can cause foreign assets of the family. At one time the airline was 20% owned by Liechtenstein's company called Hercules Partners Fund. This can speak at least that Mursekayev has connections there, and as a maximum - that part of the profit was displayed there.

And now, thanks to the Mossack Foneska database, it was possible to find out that a person with the same name and surname, like the son-in-law Mursekayev, is associated with the offshore in Luxembourg. This is a firm called Aloma S.A. Nikolai Ambrosov is its beneficiary. The consequence is to find out whether the company really controls the son-in-law of Mursekayev or simply its namesake. To do this, in Luxembourg can send a request over Interpol line.

Presumageous place of office of offshore:

Aloma chose its correspondent to the largest French Credit Agricole. "Correspondent Bank" means that all calculations were carried out through it, and most likely, the company's funds are stored in it. It is located in the same building that is occupied by the Luxembourg branch of the bank.

Experts divided

Some experts say that the whole path of bankruptcies, the change of owners and offshore could serve to bring assets. Mursekayev understood that the airline could soon come the lid, and prepared the soil for waste. Thus, the chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Committee Kirill Kabanov is confident that the owners of Vim-Avia and did not plan to save the airline.

Owners "Vim-Avia" acted according to a well-known fraudulent scheme. They gained loans under the guarantees of property (liners) in four banks (according to preliminary data of the investigation, it is Sberbank, "Absolut Bank", "VTB" and "Zenith"), "Kirill Kabanov told Life.

According to the Chairman of NAC, most likely, the majority of cash banks Mursekayev brought abroad. And this process began not now, and three years ago, when the owners began to execute loans in large Russian banks, Kabanov believes.

There are questions to the overall bodies that poorly controlled the movement of funds from bank accounts of the airline, "notes the head of Nak.

However, other specialists believe that Mursekayev did not plan to spend a hurry to leave the country. According to the expert, the editor-in-chief of the journal "Aviatransport Review", Alexey Sinitsky, most likely, the cause of the collapse of "Vim-Avia" became a shortage of working capital due to the desire to earn a maximum of a high season.

The owners did not calculate their financial capabilities. The money that the airline received for sold tickets to the autumn-winter season was not enough to pay off with creditors, "Sinitsky suggests. - Cash gap could arise, and then everything just fell.

Sinitsky is confident: Mursekayev hoped that they would support banks loans, and Domodedovo Airport will continue to serve in debt.

Autumn - Financially always difficult time, and the owners of the "VIM-Avia" could not find the exit of the current situation, "the interlocutor summarizes. - But, it seems, they fought for the last to live for the survivability of the company and did not plan to leave Russia in advance.

Flew away but did not promise to return

Planned Mursekayev to leave the country or not, but they did it. According to the SC, the family flew out of Russia at the beginning of last week. Presumably, they flew into Turkey immediately after they publicly announced the investigative test of the SC.

Turkey usually cooperates quite readily with Russian power structures. Therefore, Life in the previous material about "Vim-Avia", that the family can move from Turkey to the UAE, Great Britain or Uzbekistan.

In Russia, they have some immunity assets. So, Svetlana Mursekayeva is registered in the apartment in two steps away from Arbat. Shares in this apartment are owned by the son of Mursekayeva Rashid and daughter Anna. The income house in the tablet alley was built at the beginning of the last century, and in zero were renovated and made club. Now there are only 12 apartments in it, each on average 200 square meters and at no less than 200 million.

Apartment Mursekayev in a tableclotum alley:

From Arbat in Moscow traffic jams, Mursekayev's children traveled to the place of their studies. Both were enrolled in MGIMO. Moreover, Rashid recommended that only 65 points for the exam in Russian.

Mursekayev-Junior, unlike sister, has not yet completed study. On the way to the university, he sometimes violates the rules for the road. He will fuck, goes in the opposite and shows disrespect for other drivers. In early 2017, he did not give way to the car with special signals. This is stated in the materials of the metropolitan courts. True, there is not said, to whom exactly Rashid did not infuriate the road - the ambulance or police.

Life on the judicial base consisted of him four fine in the amount of 18 thousand. He did not pay them on time, why the amount of the fine doubled and went to the guy a debt burden.

In this sense, Mursekayev Jr. went in the footsteps of the Father. The problems of Mursekayev senior began because of debts. This led to a collapse of his business, criminal matters, and thousands of our compatriots could not return home in time.

The first wave of claims fell on his company in May: the carrier delayed dozens of charter flights throughout the country. Then the company was justified by the fact that allegedly not all airplanes managed to return from scheduled maintenance.

The second wave was for the company and the latter. Fuel suppliers and airports stated that "Vim-Avia" owed them more than half a billion and they do not intend to fill a fuel to the debt. And in August-September, all departments were made to Vim-Avia. Rostransnadzor, Rosavitia, Rostrud, Prosecutor General's Office, Investigative Committee.

The consulting firm Rashid Mursekayeva a month before the collapse of the aircraft industry was bankrupt, Sergey Galan, and Murshekayeva's daughter sold his fuel company to Galana.

Strong bonds of family business

"The main earnings there is a refueling of helicopters and airplanes," said Boris Rybak, head of the consulting company "Infomost".

Offshore latitude

Experts divided

- Owners "Vim-Avia" acted according to a well-known fraudulent scheme. They gained loans under the guarantees of property (liners) in four banks (according to preliminary data of the investigation, it is Sberbank, "Absolut Bank", "VTB" and "Zenith"), "Kirill Kabanov told Life.

- There are questions for the overall bodies that poorly controlled the movement of funds from bank accounts of the airline, "notes the head of Nak.

- Owners did not calculate their financial opportunities. The money that the airline received for sold tickets to the autumn-winter season was not enough to pay off with creditors, "Sinitsky suggests. - Cash gap could arise, and then everything just fell.

Sinitsky is confident: Mursekayev hoped that they would support banks loans, and Domodedovo Airport will continue to serve in debt.

- Autumn - financially always difficult time of year, and the owners of VIM-Avia could find out of the current situation, "the interlocutor will summarize. - But, it seems, they fought for the last to live for the survivability of the company and did not plan to leave Russia in advance.

Flew away but did not promise to return

Turkey usually cooperates quite readily with Russian power structures. Therefore, Life in the previous material about "Vim-Avia" suggested that the family can move from Turkey to the UAE, Great Britain or Uzbekistan.

From Arbat in Moscow traffic jams, Mursekayev's children traveled to the place of their studies. Both were enrolled in MGIMO. Moreover, Rashid recommended that only 65 points for the exam in Russian.

Life on the judicial base consisted of him four fine in the amount of 18 thousand. He did not pay them on time, why the amount of the fine doubled and went to the guy a debt burden.

Rostransnadzor PLAL to the fact that the company violated the conditions and timing of aircraft service. Prosecutor General's Office and Rostrud discovered space - more than 200 million wage debts.

And the Investigation Committee generally opened a criminal case on the accountant and the general director. The investigation believes that the airline knew about the shortage of funds for fuel for flights, but still sold tickets to passengers. Because of this, property harm was caused at least 2997 passengers. In total, more than 40 thousand passengers are stuck in the resorts abroad and in the Russian Federation due to the collapse. Even when the CC claims were at the stage of pre-investigation, the family of Mursekayev and escaped abroad.

On Friday, President Vladimir Putin stated the Arkady Dvorkovich to the Deputy Prime Minister of Arkady Dvorkovich, that he does not cope with the situation. And to the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov at all applied disciplinary measures - signed a decree on incomplete service compliance. The President criticized the Ministry of Transportation approach to the development of criteria by which the Office appreciates the performance of the carrier.

- But let me know how he served
in cleaning? - I did not appoint him there.
Mr. Schwonder gives him a recommendation.
If I'm not mistaken.
- It is he? - He is.
Only, the bastard, back again.

Excellent company
Educated in 2002, in 2003 acquired the first 4 aircraft.
And then it started - in 2004, the company already acquired 12 boobies and became the leading charter carrier of Russia in the most popular areas - Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia. Then 4 more Boeing - and already flying to Western and Eastern Europe.
In 2007, "Vim-Avia" became the number one company on the charter transport market.
In 2008, began to fly under the auspices of the UN. And in 2011 they were the first among the companies flying from the UN.
In 2013, the company transported one and a half million passengers and fulfilled almost 9,000 flights.
In 2015, I have already transported 1,600,000 passengers and fulfilled more than 11,000 flights, of which 10 500 are not charter, but regular.
And in 2016 - more than two million passengers.
And all this time they bought, bought, bought airplanes.
17 Boobs and 6 aerobus. Of which 4 in the property, and the rest in lease ...
And suddenly, with such successes, everything suddenly ended ..
Bankrupt company.

Yes Yes. There is such a company. A small Ltd.-Scale, whose husband and wife Svetlana and Rashid Mursekayev are owned. The authorized capital of the company is 50,000 rubles (fifty thousand rubles). Do not laugh. And there is. 50 000 rubles, of which Svetlana owns 99% (49500 rubles) and Rashid - 1%, invested in the native enterprise 500 (five hundred) rubles. It is these funds that the founders respond to all debts of the company.
And more than anything. Well, still property company. Yes, only it is not them, but in leasing. More precisely, all aircraft purchased into leasing formally belong to "Vim-Avia", but the order is such that if they do not pay for them, then the aircraft are taking back.
So, if anything, Rashid will give as much as 500 rubles. True, his conscience woke up for a second, and he wanted to pay off the office of 50,000,000 rubles from his own funds, but dressed in time and rushed into the run. But according to the law, he should 500 rubles. Because the director and chief accountant are responsible for all divisions of the company. But they are also not guilty. Because they say that they did not stole
So here.
The company is registered in the village of urban-type Rich Sabi, Sabinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan, on the street of builders 1a. In the scheme, this street marked with a red square. By the way, on the Yandex map of the house number 1, there are no builders on the street. House number 1 is, and 1a - no.

Judging by the registration data, the company assumed a big takeoff.
Well, the fall should have turned out to be stupid.

And already at this stage questions arise.
How it happened that such a tiny firm, located, how would it be softering to say not to offend rich sabs, in the Far District of Tatarstan, entrusted loans, leasing schemes, and licenses, in the end?

Here you have the shortest way of success of the company's founder:

Mursekayev Rashid Mabieevich (born in 1965, Barnaul, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian businessman, owner of the aviation company VIM-Avia.

With the shipping company did not work, engaged in air-business. Professional.
So, it's not just dark, but the darker.

By the way, Vim is Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov, that the most founder of the company who sold Rashida. Died in 2006 at the age of 70. This man is really associated with aviation - was a well-deserved pilot of Russia and the founder of various airlines.

And here is the accounting statements of the company VIM-Avia with an authorized capital of 50,000 rubles for the 2014th and 2015th year. For 2016, alas, I did not find:

What do you see? And we see a lot of beautiful.
For example, the company's fixed assets are 2 billion 455 million rubles.

And debts - by 8 billion. Of these, borrowed funds are 5 billion rubles and debts of creditors by almost 3.
Tell me, please, do you need to be an auditor or at least an accountant to surprise such a disproportion?

At the same time there are receivables in the amount of 3 billion rubles. Who should Vim-Avia?
Leasing companies whose aircraft in the amount of 19 pieces on the balance sheet of the company do not consist? Or Murshekayev himself so hit the accountant to spend these funds in this way? Most likely, both. Balance will not tell about it - someone must be a company, and that's it. For some reason, it seems to me that Vim-Avia companies must have some offshore companies. Which, well, can not give debts! But this is so nor with no reasonable suspicion.

In fact, leasing property should be taken into account on the score of fixed assets. So, everything is difficult. On the balance, you just do not say that. So, yes. The thing is dark.

Imagine? All airplanes consisting on the company's balance sheet are 2 and a half billion, and at the same time someone should have it 3 billion. For what? Who! The version that these are all "insolvent travel agencies" or "airports", or even passengers - can be safely revealed. Why is this suddenly the whole country owed a company such a huge amount? Still, Offshore. Probably.

Moreover, the profit from the implementation of the company in 2015 amounted to only one and a half billion rubles. Clean profit in 2015 was only 626 million, and in 2014 there was a loss in general. This data can be seen in the financial performance report.

And the company takes everything, and takes money. And someone gives her everything and gives them ... In 2015, the year, however, the debts were partially paid, but also occupied again.
For what?
Unclear.
Not clearly on airplanes. Because they were not added on the balance sheet, unlike debts, and fixed assets even dropped by 500 million ..

Apparently, after all, they smeared with borrowed means. That is there, then here ...
As a result, and accumulated debts on 8 billion rubles already in 2015, which the possibility was no longer possible.
And so what happened in 2016-2017, so far is unknown.
Probably something terrible.
As a result, the founder formed the very "extra" 50 million rubles, which heveling to give to the salvation of the company, which he was driven into debts, and apparently not the only ones. And the company has another 2 billion rubles of loans.

Does anyone think that all this was engaged in the hired director and, especially, an accountant?

Today, they write, the company has a debt of 10 billion rubles, which they must credit organizations, lessors, airports, fuel and filling complexes. And even if you sell all the company's property, it will be impossible to cover these debts.

I would not be surprised if Mursekayev sunbatches now on his island.

Interestingly, and auditors saw these blatants in 2014? And tax authorities? And lenders, which were not interested in the state of affairs in the company, where the money was generously poured? Banks, issued loans anyway? And leasing companies?

How did it happen that no one noticed that the company has accumulated debts in the amount of its annual revenue from implementation?
And the funny thing - the founders do not respond to us. They are not guilty.
And then it comes out that the director with an accountant too. In budget and salaries, they paid regularly.
All the rest seems to be the inner case of LLC-shki.
Even the criminal case is not possible.
Whats up? Fraud? Theft?
Who deceived who? Who robbed? Well, in addition to passengers stuck on their routes
Lenders? So they themselves are to blame. These are their "risks".
Prove.
I'm afraid you can not. And the city of Londongrad will acquire new tenants with millions of accounts in foreign banks

Rosaviation Last Weekend initiated the collection of carriers of the airline: those together agreed to restructure her debts

"Tatneft", delivering fuel to the problem "Vim-Avia", agreed to help her to give the opportunity to continue flights. Because of the debts, the flight mesh "Vima" loosened: for the weekend, almost 3 thousand passengers were waiting for their flights to Domodedovo, after which the company's verification began by the Russian Federation. Does the situation around "Vim-Avia" work and what its owner is, recently re-registered the company in Tatarstan, recognized "Business Online".

Vim-Avia airline cancels and retains flights and can stop flying due to debts in front of Domodedovo Airport
Photo: Vitaly Ankov, Ria "News"

Tatarstan went to meet

Over the past day, two federal editions are at once - The Bell (the former RBC Team) and Vedomosti - reported that Tatneft agreed to help the Wim-Avia Airlines, which cancels and delays flights and may not stop flights due to Debt in front of Domodedovo Airport. On Saturday, September 23, the Investigation Committee of Russia reported that the carrier canceled or delayed indefinitely over a dozen flights - both intrapronian and international ones. Chapter Once Alexander Bastrykin I commissioned a predetermined check on these facts. According to the SC, a delay of 15 flights from September 22 and 23 caused damage to almost 3 thousand passengers.

The main problem, according to the data leaked in the media, in the large debt of the carrier in front of Domodedovo for airport services and primarily for fuel. Debts only before the airport reach 500 million rubles. Here, "Vim-Avia" went to Tatneft, providing Domodedovo a guarantee letter on payment. Recall that the supply of air traffic is engaged in the "daughter" "Tatneft" - "TatneftAviaviavis". In addition, according to The Bell, the company's material assistance also provided the Bank Tatneft "Zenit". According to the source "Business Online", "Tatneft" and "Zenith" are indeed the creditors of the airline (how many of them are unknown). According to him, the debt "Vim-Avia" in front of Zenit exceeds 1 billion rubles. In the bank, the bank remains aircraft and real estate. Yesterday in Moscow - on the initiative of Rosaviation - the Council of Creditors "VIM-Avia" took place with the participation of Tatneft, Zenit and Domodedovo, as well as a whole group of players. At the meeting, it was decided to restructure the airline debt, with which all lenders agreed. For how long, our interlocutor did not specify.

Curious moment: the airline is registered in Tatarstan, in the village of rich Saven - she replaced registration from Moscow to Tatarstan in February of this year. Owners "Vim-Avia", according to official information of the airline, - Tatar businessman Rashid Mursekayevwith wife Svetlana. Note that, according to the database of "Kontur.Fokus", "Wim-Avia" is credited from Zenit for a long time ago: 5% of VIM-Avia Avia Airlines LLC has laid in this bank under the loan agreement of December 8, 2016.

Bank "Zenit" refused to comment on the situation, and Tatneft answered very restrained. "Yes, we as fuel suppliers are one of the creditors, but not more," the press service of the oil company reported in response to our request. And the head of the press service of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Eduard Hairullin Reported "Business Online" that "neither the Government of Tatarstan, nor Tatneft relations to the Airlines" Vim-Avia "and its obligations do not have."

« The head is interesting, sensible, but did not calculate his financial strength "

The players of the Tatarstan aircraft say they are well acquainted with the owner of Vim-Avia. "I know Rashid Mursekayeva well. He is not from Tatarstan, he is from Barnaul, just he is ethnic Tatar. For many years familiar. The head is interesting, sensible, but unfortunately, did not calculate his financial forces, "says Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tulpar Aero Groups Azat Khakim..

The general director of YUVT AERO also speaks of a personal acquaintance with Mursekayev Peter Trubaev: "I wish only good this airlines, especially since I personally know her leader and would like them to be faster from this situation. I would not want our colleagues to get into such a situation, out of it unworthy. "

The source "Business Online" at the aviation market told how "Vim-Avia" fell into Tatarstan. According to his information, Mursekayev planned to develop cargo air transport towards China - Europe through Kazan and, accordingly, intended to "make friends" with the Kazan airport. To establish work in Tatarstan, he on the advice of its business partners, large businessmen, registered the company in Sabah. However, the cargo project did not go (but the registration remained!), And the acting began to experience difficulties. Two main directions of work "VIM-Avia" - charter transportation of tourists and "Watchtovikov", the first of which gave a failure. The company developed rapidly, too dynamically and ultimately "undermined power," says our source.

However, Vim-Avia entered into relations with Zenit before the "moving" to Tatarstan - probably in Moscow. Recall that Tatneft two years ago, herself entered the Aviation Business, the aircraft of the South-East Tatarstan - Bugulma Airport. The rally left after bankruptcies "AK Tatarstan" and AK BARS AERO "Republican Airlines" YUVT AERO "(registered with a private person) is also based in Zakamye. The latter planned the airfield update, now the company owns the Bombardier family and two helicopters. Literally the other day, Juworth Aero received admission to international flights from Rosaviation.

After a decision on restructuring debts, flights must be resumed in normal mode. Judging by the online tabloid "VIM-Avia", the company in the next two days has a high load
Photo: Mikhail Pastaev / Tass

Will fly?

Judging by the information of our source, after a decision on the restructuring of debts, flights must be resumed in normal mode. Judging by the online scoreboard of the Base Airport "VIM-Avia", the company in the next two days has a high load and plans flights not only in Russia and neighboring abroad, but also in Belgium and China. Today, 10 aircraft companies in Antalya (Turkey), Sochi, Simferopol, Blagoveshchensk, Anadyr, Taiyuan (China), Pevek, Irkutsk, Haikou (China) must fly from Domodedovo. Another 9 aircraft must fly to Moscow from Antalya, Krasnodar, Yerevan (Armenia), Liege (Belgium), Dalamana (Turkey), Sochi and Simferopol. On September 26, Vim-Avia has planned 15 flights to the same cities as today, and 13 more back.

So far, official information about the regularity of flights does not give any airline or power. Advisor to the head of Rosaviation Sergey Rasvsky In a conversation with Business Online, he said that the official position of the Office on the situation with VIM-Avia will be published on the official website of Rosaviatsiya during the day. He refused to even approximate the state of affairs, because, according to him, it concerns "The fate of thousands of passengers who bought tickets."

Director of Public Relations Airlines "VIM-Avia" Elena Fedorova He informed us that the airline was now participating in the meeting of the Rosaviation Operational Staff, and also conducted a number of consultations with government agencies controlling the aviation industry. "Take negotiations with partners of the airline. At the moment, preliminary agreements have been reached, which should lead to correction of the situation. A plan to resolve the situation in conjunction with financial organizations that have decided to support the airline are being developed. The airline brings apologies to passengers for those delivered inconveniences, "Fedorov said in response to the official request of our edition.

"They have very competent management, they always managed to be effective."

About the likely destiny "VIM-Avia" and what to wait for passengers of the airline, the experts "Business Online" told.

Azat Khakim.- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tulpar Aero Groups:

- The situation is really critical, because these debts have an airline for the first year and they constantly come negotiations, they agree. But, apparently, debts have become so critical that the airport will not go on any concessions. It is clear that it is not just so on an empty place arose. The airline scored a lot of technology, especially expensive - this is "Boeing 777". There are very large lease payments that need to be paid on time, and it is clear that the airline is simply financially not pulling such costs. Borrow fuel for the airline is normal, but in this case it already suggests that the financial situation is very heavy. If they need everyone, then the situation becomes critical. They must leasers, carriers, must be for the span, and the worst thing that they also have to pay employees. And when employees are in debt, they work without much zeal. With more probability, I think that the company will be forced to stop their operating activities.

As for the support of the government, then the company has no share of the State Registry, and the Ministry of Transport will be unlikely to meet. The fact that the tickets are already sold, passengers must be transported - we have already passed. Will redistribute other airlines and take out all. In my opinion, the Ministry of Transport will adopt a more balanced solution - subsidize those airlines, which will then be taken out of Passengers "VIM-Avia".

Oleg Panteleev —editor-in-Chief "Aviaport.ru":

- It all depends on what relationship between carrier and creditors will be, including service providers. Of course, we had precedents when service providers stopped servicing the airline, and in connection with this, the organization ceased to operate their operational activities. As neither regrettable, but the risks are very high, but no one is interested in stopping the airline, because even for service providers, it is quite obvious that the airline stop means that a significant part of the debt will not be able to return anymore. In addition, from the point of view of the government "VIM-Avia" is one of the few carriers operating on regular lines in the Far Eastern direction. The airline flew to Magadan, flew to Blagoveshchensk. From this point of view, of course, it would be important that the carrier is preserved, because it increases the transport accessibility of the Far Eastern regions. Once again I repeat that much depends on creditors, and if the company will still support the government and provide financial guarantees, it will give the opportunity to continue flight. In the long run, nothing positive is visible.

Passengers makes sense by going on a journey, take a cash reserve with them to pay food, overnight or transport to the house. You need to constantly monitor the readings on the scoreboard, where the parameters of the arrival and departure of the flight are indicated, if possible, contact representatives of the airline. But it is worth noting that we see the example of previous problem situations, when one or another company was on the verge of stopping either generally stopped its flights, the government found the opportunity to redistribute passengers on other airlines. Thus, in some cases, their problems have been minimized. If a passenger provides a return funds, then in the case of a long delay, it makes sense to return, and with a high probability of money will return quickly.

Roman Gusarov - Chief editor of the industry portal Avia.ru:

- There is always chances of survival from the airline, but it all depends on the goodwill and the possibilities of those to whom the company appeals for help. There are negative, and positive outcomes of this situation. A bright negative example is Transaero, which scored as many debts that her support had no meaning, even with support, it would be unprofitable and would accumulate debts. At the same time, similar difficulties experienced UTair airlines. And here the situation has developed quite differently. Shareholders have found the opportunity to support the airline with their resources, conducting negotiations with creditors, restructured debts, optimized the structure of the company, reduced by about 40 percent of the aircraft park. They gave way to market positions, went to a number of victims, but led the airline to the positive zone of profitability. Yes, it became smaller in volume, but it stopped producing losses, and now it works quite successfully.

As for the "Vim-Avia", they have very competent management, they always managed to be effective. They were not inclined to some adventures, they did not even risk them, but they always have enough good enough of their financial consistency. And the company's reputation is good, she never had serious failures before this summer, there were no problems with creditors. I think it should be supported. No one is interested in reducing market participants. If the pace goes and will go on one, two major airlines per year, then in a few years we can just stay with one carrier. Market monopolization is not interested in anyone - neither the state or passengers. Therefore, the airline with a good reputation could be supported. The chances of survival would be estimated 50/50.

"Vim-Avia"According to Vedomosti, takes 10th place among Russian passenger traffic airlines and the fourth among flying from Domodedovo. Her transportation in January - August grown by almost a third to 1.8 million passengers. In late May - early June, "Vim-Avia" detained almost 200 flights and in the end reduced the charter program, refusing to transport about 100 thousand people. According to "Contour. Focus", in 2016, VIM-Avia Avia Airlines received a revenue of 17.2 billion rubles (38% more than a year earlier) and net profit of 89.1 million rubles.

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