Omskavia

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Omskavia
IATA N3	ICAO OMS	Callsign Omsk[1]
Founded		1994
Hubs		Tsentralny Airport
Alliance		AiRUnion
Fleet size		2
Destinations		6
Headquarters		Omsk
Key people
Website: http://www.omskavia.ru

Omskavia (Russian:ОмскА́виа) is an airline based in Omsk, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter, passenger, cargo and mail services, as well as aircraft maintenance. Its main base is the Tsentralny Airport (OMS). The airline joined the AirBridge alliance in 2004, which was restructured as AiRUnion in the summer of 2005.

Contents 1 History 2 Services 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Omskavia was split off from Aeroflot in the early 1990s and was formed as a result of the separation of Omsk State Air Enterprise into airline and airport enterprises. It was established and started operations on 1 February 1994. The airline is owned by Omsk employees (59.52%), the state (20%), and other shareholders (20.48%). There have been rumours of a takeover by Siberia Airlines or KrasAir.

[edit] Services

Omskavia has regular scheduled flights to Moscow, Nizhnevartovsk, Sochi in Russia, and Frankfurt, Hannover, Köln in Germany. It also charters flights to the Mediterranean, Middle Eastern resorts and Thailand.

Since 1996, Omskavia has been leasing airplanes to Iranian Mahan Air. In 2006, 4 of Omskavia's Tu-154M are scheduled to fly in Iran.

[edit] Fleet

The Omskavia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006):

• 2 Tupolev Tu-154M
• On order: 4 Tupolev Tu-214^[2]

The summer of 2003 agreement between Omskavia and Kazan Plant (KAPO) to acquire 4 Tupolev Tu-214 aircraft was cancelled due to financial issues.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Omskavia