Airline-dle
Puzzle #8 was Transaero Airlines.
Transaero, officially OJSC Transaero Airlines was a Russian airline that operated scheduled and charter flights to over 150 domestic and international destinations. Transaero's main hubs were Moscow Vnukovo Airport and Saint Petersburg Airport, with further bases throughout Russia. For much of its history, the head office was at Domodedovo International Airport, and towards the end, its head office was in Saint Petersburg.
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What the record says
Puzzle 8 ran on 19 Jul 2026 and the answer was Transaero Airlines, played with 6 guesses against 5 columns. On the record: Country - Russia; Region - Europe; Status - defunct; Alliance - none. The numbers: Founded - 1990.
Beyond the grid the record adds Callsign - TRANSOVIET; Codes - UN / TSO; Ceased operations - 2015.
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
- 1990
- Alliance
- none
Also on the record
- Callsign
- TRANSOVIET
- Codes
- UN / TSO
- Ceased operations
- 2015