Vnukovo Airlines is a defunct Russia

Russia

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n airline

Airline

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 based at Vnukovo International Airport

Vnukovo International Airport

Vnukovo International Airport , is a dual runway international airport located southwest from the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of three major airports serving Moscow...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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. It was created as a spin-off from the Vnukovo Airport division of Aeroflot

Aeroflot

OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...

 in March 1993 and operated until 2001, when it was bought by Siberian Airlines.

The airline was involved in Norway's deadliest aviation accident on 26 August 1996, when Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight that, on 29 August 1996 at 10:22:23 Central European Summer Time, crashed in Operafjellet, Svalbard, Norway. All 141 people aboard the Tupolev Tu-154M were killed during the approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, making it the...

 crashed during approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, killing all 141 people on board.