Transaero Airlines has notified of its intention to apply to the arbitration court to declare itself bankrupt, as follows from materials posted on Monday on the website of the Unified Federal Register of Information on the Facts of the Activities of Legal Entities.

The notification was submitted on behalf of the general director of the air carrier Dmitry Saprykin.

Earlier, Transaero's largest creditors, Alfa Bank and Sberbank, filed bankruptcy claims for Transaero. VTB notified of its intention to file such a claim.

Transaero found itself on the verge of bankruptcy after Aeroflot refused to purchase 75% plus 1 share of the carrier for a symbolic 1 ruble in early October. The deal was supposed to save Transaero from bankruptcy, but the airline's shareholders did not have time to consolidate the necessary package within the prescribed period. After the deal failed, the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Alexey Ulyukaev, admitted that the bankruptcy of Transaero was “the only possible option” for resolving the current situation.

On October 20, it became known that co-owner of S7 airline (Siberia) Vladislav Filev entered into an agreement with the largest shareholder of Transaero, Alexander Pleshakov, to purchase a 51% stake in the airline. The next day, the Ministry of Transport announced that an order had been signed to cancel Transaero’s operator certificate from October 26. Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told the Vedomosti newspaper that the decision to cancel Transaero’s certificate cannot be reversed, but it is possible to obtain a new certificate if there is a financial justification.

On October 26, Transaero stopped flying.

Transaero announced its intention to file for bankruptcy