Yakutia Airlines

JSC "Aircompany "Yakutia"
ОАО «Авиакомпания „Якутия“»
IATA ICAO Callsign
R3 SYL AIR YAKUTIA
Founded 2002
Hubs Yakutsk Airport
Secondary hubs
Focus cities
Fleet size 12
Destinations 40
Headquarters Yakutsk, Russia
Key people Ivan Prostit (General Director)
Website www.yakutia.aero

Yakutia Airlines (Russian: Авиакомпания „Якутия“Aviakompaniya “Yakutiya” "Air Company "Yakutia"") is an airline based in Yakutsk, Russia.[1] It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as charters to destinations in Europe from its hubs at Yakutsk Airport and Moscow's Vnukovo Airport. The airline has also flown to Fukuoka Airport and Niigata Airport Japan.

History

Yakutia Airlines Tu-154

The airline was founded as Sakha Avia, the former Aeroflot Yakutsk Division and also previously known as Yakutaviatrans. It operated cargo charters to Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East until it filed for bankruptcy in early 1999. It emerged in 2000 and is controlled by the regional government, Neryungri State Air Enterprise. It merged with Yakutavia in 2002 and changed its name to form Yakutia Airlines. [2]

Destinations

Dash 8 Q400 of Yakutia in Yakutsk in a special new livery
Main article: Yakutia destinations

As of March 2015, Yakutia Airlines operates more than 55 flights.[3][4]

Codeshare Agreement

Fleet

Sukhoi Superjet 100/95
Inside Yakutia's Antonov An140-100.

The Yakutia Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of December 2015)[5]

Yakutia Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Seats Notes
Business Economy Total
Boeing 737-800 3 1 8 162 170
Boeing 757-200PCF 1
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 3 - 50 50
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 3 - 72 72
Sukhoi Superjet 100/95 2 - 885 93

Accidents and incidents

References

  1. "About Us." Yakutia Airlines. Retrieved on 18 July 2010. "JSC "Air Company Yakutia" Address: 9, Bykovsky st., Yakutsk, Russia, 677014." Russian address: "Contact Us." "ОАО «Авиакомпания «Якутия» Адрес: Республика Саха (Якутия), 677014, г. Якутск, ул. Быковского, 9"
  2. https://airrussia.us/about/partners/yakutia-airlines/
  3. (Russian) Polet-Sirena
  4. (Russian) Sirena-Yakutia
  5. "Yakutia Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Yakutia AN24 at Yakutsk on Feb 4th 2010, rejected takeoff, presumably early gear retraction". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  7. https://airrussia.us/about/partners/yakutia-airlines/

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