Nordwind Airlines
Северный ветер

Nordwind AirlinesAirbus A330-200 in standard livery
IATA ICAO Call sign N4 NWS NORDLAND
Founded	2008; 18 years ago (2008)
Operating bases	Sheremetyevo International Airport
Subsidiaries	Pegas Fly
Fleet size	27
Destinations	74
Parent company	Pegas Touristik[1]
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Key people	Shvetsov Igor (general director)[2]
Website	nordwindairlines.ru

Nordwind Airlines,LLC (Russian:ООО Северный ветер,romanized: Severný veter) is a Russian leisureairline. The company is headquartered inMoscow,^[3] and its hub is atSheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines primarily operates service between airports in Russia and holiday destinations around Europe and Asia.^{[4][failed verification]} It is banned from flying in theEuropean Union.^[5]

Nordwind Airlines was founded in August 2008 by the Russian and Turkish branches of tour operatorPegas Touristik and initially operated threeBoeing 757-200s.^[6]

The number of passengers transported was as follows:^[7]

On April 29, 2013, twosurface-to-air missiles were fired by unknown forces inSyria at a Nordwind Airlines jet flying fromSharm El Sheikh toKazan. The pilots took evasive action and the plane continued onto Kazan undamaged.^[9]

In 2017, the airline acquired two used Airbus A330s.^[10]

TheWall Street Journal reported that Nordwind transported approximately 7.4 tons of gold with a market value over $300 million fromVenezuela to a refinery near the airport inEntebbe, Uganda. These March 2019 shipments allegedly expose a globalunderground economy the United States government suspects helpsNicolás Maduro stay in power in Venezuela.^[11]

Following theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Nordwind suspended all international flights.^[12] A number of leased aircraft, located abroad when the invasion took place have been returned to the lessors.^[13] The US Commerce Department, who had previously sanctioned US manufactured aircraft, extended sanctions to the European manufactured Airbus aircraft in Nordwind's fleet in August 2022.^{[citation needed]} Sanctions have also banned Nordwind receiving spare parts for their planes.^[14]

In 2021, Nordwind serves 98 destinations in 28 countries including nine countries and 23 cities in Europe, eight countries and 12 cities in the Middle East and Africa, four countries and four cities in South America, and six countries and 14 cities in Asia.

In March 2025,Belavia and Nordwind Airlines signed acodeshare agreement to operate connection flights throughKazan Airport andPulkovo Airport.^[52]

As of August 2025^[update], Nordwind Airlines operates the following aircraft:^[53]

In 2022,Air Lease Corporation were seeking to recover two A321neo and four Boeing 737-800s, as the lease payments were not being made.^{[citation needed]}

The fleet previously included the following aircraft:

• Airbus A320-200^{[citation needed]}
• Boeing 757-200^{[citation needed]}
• Boeing 767-300ER^{[citation needed]}

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