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What we compareRossiyaAeroflot
Country in archiveRussiaRussia
FoundedMay 7, 19341923
Founder—Leon Trotsky (credited with the idea of Dobrolyot)
HeadquartersSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, RussiaMoscow, Moscow, Russia
Name originRossiya is the Russian word for Russia. The sources used here do not explain how the airline chose the name, but the airline's English tagline, Russian Airlines, points to the same meaning.Aeroflot is a Russian word meaning "air fleet". The name was officially adopted on 25 March 1932 for the entire Soviet Civil Air Fleet, and it was not taken from a person or a place.
HighlightsPulkovo Airport hub, Boeing 747-400 tiger liveryTu-104, Tu-114, Tu-144, Airbus A320 family, Airbus A330
Earliest archived brand logo19341923
Latest archived logo20162005
Archived logo assets48

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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