Vladivostok Air
- Vladivostok
- Vnukovo
- Khabarovsk
Vladivostok Avia (Russian Владивосток Авиа, English and Vladivostok Air ) is a Russian airline based in Vladivostok and home base on the Vladivostok airport.
History
Vladivostok Avia was founded in 1932 out of the Vladivostok Directorate of Aeroflot, which was privatized in 1994. Yak- 40 and a large amount of helicopters in 1994, the then newly privatized airline with short-haul aircraft Antonov An-2, Yakovlev. 1995, three Ilyushin Il- 76 and Tupolev Tu -154 more were also acquired. The Antonov An-2 were decommissioned and sold.
After privatization in 1994, the company also took over the helicopter types Mil Mi -2, Kamov Ka -26, Mil Mi -8 and Kamov Ka -32. Many of them are still in use today. The helicopters were chartered world, including Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Greece, Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, Bulgaria and the Antarctic.
In 2003 it was decided to go into the long-haul business. To this end, it developed Tupolev Tu -204- 300s were procured. Furthermore, it was established a second base in Vnukovo.
In 2007, Vladivostok Avia took the first Western aircraft types, a Airbus A320 -200. In August 2007, the 75th anniversary, based on the foundation as part of Aeroflot was founded in 1932, celebrated.
Since 15 February 2008, the Vladivostok Avia and the Vladivostok airport are two legally and organizationally independent companies. Until that time, the airport of Vladivostok Avia was operated. On 25 September 2008, the Vladivostok Avia, on instructions from the Russian Ministry of Transport, until further notice the majority of the flights from the stuck in economic difficulties Dalavia. Since the summer flight schedule 2008 the Airbus A320 will also be used by the second base Vnukovo.
In June 2009, Vladivostok Avia took a first Airbus A330 -300 in operation. This type has already been delivered again in the meantime.
The main shareholder of the company, Aeroflot, give notice in the spring of 2013 to merge Vladivostok Avia with SAT Airlines. The new company was finally announced in November 2013 as the Aurora Airlines and adopted on 8 December 2013, operating on.
Destinations
Vladivostok Avia offers national and international Linen and charter flights, internationally mainly to South Korea and Japan. Seasonal charter destinations include but also Barcelona, Antalya and Hurghada.
Fleet
As of August 2013 the fleet of Vladivostok Avia consists of 12 aircraft and five helicopters:
- 6 Airbus A320 -200
- 5 Mil Mi -8 ( helicopter )
- 6 Tupolev Tu- 204-300
- 4 Antonov An-148
Incidents
- On 4 July 2001 Vladivostok -Avia Flight 352 crashed off the landing at Irkutsk. In this case, all 145 people on board were killed. The machine type Tupolev Tu -154 was en route from Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok and was scheduled to stop over in Irkutsk.