Airline-dle
Puzzle #38 was Aeroflot-Don.
JSC "Donavia" was an Aeroflot subsidiary airline based in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Its main bases were Rostov-on-Don Airport and Mineralnye Vody Airport after the Kavminvodyavia bankruptcy. It was known as Aeroflot-Don from 2000–2009.
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What the record says
Puzzle 38 ran on 18 Aug 2026 and the answer was Aeroflot-Don, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - Russia; Region - Europe; Status - defunct; Alliance - SkyTeam. The numbers: Founded - 2000.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - DONAVIA; Codes - D9 / DNV; Ceased operations - 2016.
Airline-dle builds its record from OpenFlights - Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and Wikidata - CC0 1.0 (region, founding decade, alliance, hub, headquarters). The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia summary excerpt, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Europe
- Status
- defunct
- Founded
- 2000
- Alliance
- SkyTeam
Also on the record
- Callsign
- DONAVIA
- Codes
- D9 / DNV
- Ceased operations
- 2016