Rada Airlines

Rada Airlines
Founded2015
Headquarters
ServicesCargo
Websitehttps://www.rada.aero/

Rada Airlines LLC is a Belarusian charter cargo company based in Minsk, operating across Europe and Southeast Asia.[1] The company has a fleet aging Ilyushin Il-62Ms.[2][3][4]. It was established in 2015.[5][6] The company is on a sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control.[7]

In 2021, they were confirmed to have flown 'hundreds' of rockets from Serbia to Myanmar,[8] even after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

Its aged, and relatively obsolete cargo fleet feature four engines. One of the Il-62M's had been parked for three years before being returned to service.[9]

Fleet

Accidents and incidents

On August 16, 2018, a Rada Airlines Ilyushin Il-62MGr encountered a runway excursion at Khartoum Civil Airport.[10] No injuries or fatalities were reported in this incident. The aircraft involved (EW-450TR) is still in service.

References

  1. ^ "Rada Airlines Airline Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  2. ^ "Aviation of Belarus — RADA AIRLINES". Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  3. ^ "Company". aviapages.com. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  4. ^ "Rada Airlines Airline Profile | CAPA". centreforaviation.com. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
  5. ^ "Belarus Registers New Cargo Carrier - Rada Airlines". October 14, 2015.
  6. ^ "Rada Airlines begins Il-62 freighter operations - ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  7. ^ "Sanctions List Search". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.
  8. ^ Tomic, Marija Ristic, Sasa Dragojlo, Dina Djordjevic, Jovana (February 22, 2022). "Serbian Rockets Sent to Myanmar Even After 2021 Coup".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Rada Airlines strengthens itself with a second Il-62". November 18, 2020.
  10. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Runway excursion Incident Ilyushin 62MGr EW-450TR, Thursday 16 August 2018". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-03-01.