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Old 23rd Jun 2011, 20:43
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Originally Posted by Kulverstukas
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This was not scheduled flight, regular carrier on this line is RusLine but they use Bombardier CRJ-200 which can take only 50 paxes vs 68 of Tu134. RusAir is charter and business carrier.
I am presuming, from piecing elements together, that this was actually the RusLine flight No. 243 daily schedule from Moscow (and operating pretty much on time), but the regular CRJ had been replaced on this day by a subchartered Tu134 from RusAir (any connection ? Possibly not).
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