Yakutia Airlines

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Yakutia Airlone
IATA R3	ICAO SVL	Callsign Air Yakutia [1]
Founded
Hubs		Yakutsk Airport
Fleet size		45
Destinations
Headquarters		Yakutsk, Russia
Key people
Website: http://www.yakutia.ru

Yakutia Airlines (Russian: Якутавиа) is an airline based in Yakutsk, Russia. It operates domestic passenger services in Russia and within the CIS, as well as charters to destinations in Europe, including London Stansted, from its hub at Yakutsk Airport.

Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 External links 4 References

[edit] History

The airline was founded as Sakhaavia, the former Aeroflot Yakutsk Division and also previously known as Yakutaviatrans. It also 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 Yakutia Airlines.

Yakutia Airlines is planned to be the launch customer for the Antonov An-140 aircraft. It is to take three of the twin-turboprop 52-seat aircraft, which is due to make its maiden flight in August 2005, to replace its Antonov An-24s. Deliveries are due in 2006 and 2007^[2]

[edit] Fleet

The Yakutia Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[3] :

• 3 Antonov An-12
• 17 Antonov An-24
• 5 Antonov An-26
• 1 Boeing 757-200 (lease from Icelandair)
• 4 Let L-410 UVP
• 4 Tupolev Tu-154B
• 8 Tupolev Tu-154M
• 4 Yakovlev Yak-40
• On order: 8 Antonov An-140

[edit] External links

• Yakutia web site

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, July 2005
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006