Komiinteravia

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Komiinteravia was an airline based in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia. It operated scheduled domestic passenger flights, as well as passenger and cargo charter flights to domestic and international destinatiuons. Its main base was Syktyvkar Airport ^[1]. Merged into UT Air ^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 4.1 Previously operated 5 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 8J
• ICAO Code: KMV
• Callsign: Komiinter ^[2]

[edit] History

The airline was established in March 1996 and started operations in July 1997 ^[1]. In 2004 UT Air gained control of more than 70% of Komiinteravia (carried 200,000 passengers in 2003) ^[3] .

UT Air is planning to set-up a new regional division using its subsidiary Komiinteravia that will operate as UTair Express using Antonov An-24 and ATR 42-300 aircraft. It is planning to replace its Komiinteravia's An-24 fleet with additional ATR 42-300s over the next few years ^[4].

[edit] Services

Komiinteravia operated the following services (as of January 2005) ^[1] :

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Syktyvkar, Ukhta, Usinsk and Vorkuta.

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Komiinteravia fleet included ^[5] :

• 6 Antonov An-24

[edit] Previously operated

Operated as of January 2005 ^[1] :

• 4 Tupolev Tu-134A
• 1 Tupolev Tu-134B
• 1 Yakovlev Yak-40

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 5-11 April 2005
2. ^ Airline Codes November 2006
3. ^ Russia/CIS Observer October 2004
4. ^ CH Aviation 9 September 2006
5. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006