Angara Airlines

Angara Airlines
Авиакомпания «Ангара»

IATA ICAO Callsign 2G AGU SARMA
Founded	2000
Hubs	Irkutsk International Airport
Fleet size	27
Destinations	19
Headquarters	Irkutsk, Russia
Key people	Anatoly Fedorovich Yurtayev (CEO)
Website	http://www.angara.aero/

Antonov An-24RV

JSC Angara Airlines (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Ангара») is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.^[1] Established in 2000, it operates regional scheduled and charter services on behalf of its owner, the Irkut Corporation aircraft repair factory^[2] out of Irkutsk International Airport.^[2]

Destinations

As of December 2013 Angara Airlines serves following domestic destinations in Eastern and Central Siberia:^[3]

International destinations

 Azerbaijan

• Lankaran - Lankaran International Airport

Domestic destinations

Amur Oblast

• Blagoveshchensk – Ignatyevo Airport

Bashkortostan

• Ufa – Ufa International Airport^[4]

Buryatia

• Ulan-Ude - Baikal International Airport (begins 19 June 2016)

Chelyabinsk Oblast

• Chelyabinsk – Balandino Airport^[5]

Irkutsk Oblast

• Bodaybo – Bodaybo Airport
• Bratsk – Bratsk Airport
• Erbogachen – Erbogachen Airport
• Irkutsk – Irkutsk International Airport base
• Kirensk – Kirensk Airport
• Mama – Mama Airport
• Ust-Kut – Ust-Kut Airport

Krasnodar Krai

• Krasnodar - Pashkovsky Airport
• Sochi - Sochi International Airport

Krasnoyarsk Krai

• Krasnoyarsk – Yemelyanovo International Airport^[4]

Novosibirsk Oblast

• Novosibirsk – Tolmachevo International Airport

Sakha-Yakutia Republic

• Lensk – Lensk Airport
• Mirny – Mirny Airport
• Udachny – Polyarny Airport^[4]
• Yakutsk – Yakutsk Airport

 Tatarstan

• Kazan - Kazan International Airport

Tyumen Oblast

• Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

  • Nizhnevartovsk - Nizhnevartovsk Airport^[6]

Zabaykalsky Krai

• Chara – Chara Airport
• Chita – Kadala Airport

Fleet

The Angara Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2013):^[7]

Angara Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Antonov An-148	5	75
Antonov An-24RV	6	48
Antonov An-26-100	2	44
Antonov An-2	4	12
Mil Mi-8	12	22
Total	27

Accidents and incidents

• On 11 July 2011, Flight 5007 from Bogashevo Airport, Tomsk to Surgut International Airport, Surgut, operated by Antonov An-24 RA-47302 suffered an in-flight engine fire. Although an attempt was made to divert to Nizhnevartovsk Airport, the aircraft ditched in the Ob Canal some 30 kilometres (19 mi) short of the airport. At least five people were killed and the aircraft was written off.^[8]

References

1. "Контакты." Angara Airlines. Retrieved on 6 September 2012. "664009, Россия, г.Иркутск, ул. Ширямова, д. 2"
2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 75.
3. "РАСПИСАНИЕ" (PDF). Angara Airlines. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
4. "Авиарейсы из Иркутска в Красноярск и Мирный запустят с 5 января". IrkutskMedia.ru. PrimaMedia. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
5. "Прямой рейс авиакомпании "Ангара" свяжет Иркутск и Челябинск". Авиакомпания «Ангара». Retrieved 26 August 2013.
6. "Новые рейсы". http://www.angara.aero/en. Angara Airlines. Retrieved 9 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
7. http://angara.aero/about/flot-aviakompanii/
8. Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Angara AN24 at Nizhnevartovsk on Jul 11th 2011, water landing after engine fire". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

External links

• Official website (Russian)