Tuva Airlines
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Kyzyl Airport | ||||||
| Destinations | 7 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kyzyl, Russia | ||||||
Tuva Airlines (Russian: ОАО «Тувинские Авиалинии», OAO «Tuvinskije Avialinii») is an airline based in Kyzyl, in the Russian federal republic of Tuva.[1]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1932 as a division of Aeroflot. It was privatised in 1992. It is owned by the state (51%) and the airline employees (49%).
In 1994 the airline's director general Anatoly Martshekhi was found dead in his bath, in an apparent organised crime killing.[2]
Destinations
Tuva Airlines operated the following services as of January 2012:
- Chamsara - Chamsara Airport
- Irkutsk - Irkutsk Airport
- Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport
- Kyzyl - Kyzyl Airport base
- Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
- Todzha - Todzha Airport
- Ulan-Ude - Ulan-Ude Airport
- Yrban - Yrban Airport
Terminated Routes
- Moscow -
- Sheremetyevo International Airport since 1995
- Domodedovo International Airport since 2000
- St. Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport since 2000
Fleet
- Antonov An-2
- Yakovlev Yak-40
- Sukhoi Superjet 100 (10 aircraft since 2016)[3]
References
- ↑ Englund, Will (18 October 1994). "Mob Claims Another Russian". articles.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
Tuva
- ↑ "Лучший день для SSJ 100". ato.ru. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
External links
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