[4] In November 2013, the crash of Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 claimed the lives of all 50 passengers and crew.
Russia's air transport regulator Rosaviatsiya recommended that Tatarstan Airlines' operating license be withdrawn after air incident investigators concluded that the crash was due to overworked and inadequately trained crew.
[5] The airline's operating license was revoked on 31 December 2013 and its aircraft were transferred to Ak Bars Aero.
[6] Tatarstan Airlines operated scheduled passenger services to cities in Russia including Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Makhachkala as well as international destinations Baku, Dushanbe, Yerevan, Tashkent, Khujand, Istanbul, Prague and Tel Aviv.
Tatarstan Airlines operated charter services in Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece and Turkey.