KMV - Kavkazskie Mineralnye Vody (Mineralnye Vody) has lost its air operator certificate on October 1 because of financial difficulties and has been forced to suspend all operations. It had operated scheduled services from its base in Mineralnye Vody as well as a wide range of passenger charters using a fleet of Tu-154Ms and Tu-204-100s. The carrier was one of the several subsidiaries Aeroflot (SU/Moscow Sheremetyevo) had inherited as part of a transaction with Rostekhnologii in 2010. Its sister carrier Donavia (D9/Rostov) and Aeroflot have committed to take over some operations from Mineralnye Vody and to hire KMV staff.