Komiavia

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Concern Komiavia, later GAP Komiavia or Komiavia State Air Enterprise (Russian: Комиавиа) is a now-defunct airline of Russia.

Concern was founded in 1991 by O. G. Chernov.^[1] In 1991 Komiavia operated more than 320 airplanes and helicopters. Operated a fleet of Mil Mi-8T, Mil Mi-10K and a number of civil airplanes.

Concern existed up to august 1992. After it's decline the aviaenterprizes of Komi starts to declare independence from the State.

In December 1994 a GAP Komiavia was founded by Chernov (December 1994 - February 1997, Chief Director).

Komiavia faded with the rise of UTAir ^[2].

In April 1997 a OJSC Komiinteravia was founded on the basis of Komiavia by M. V. Kutuzov.

GAP Komiavia increases losses and finally went bankrupt.

Company was transferred to the newly created (August of 1997) GAP Komiaviatrans (or Komiaviatrans State Air Enterprise), based in Syktyvkar, Komi.

In May 1998 OJSC Komiinteravia reorganized by merging with Syktyvkar subsidiary of GAP Komiavia and takes the air service of Komi. It operates Tu-134, An-24, Yak-40.

[edit] References

1. ^ (Russian) History of Komi
2. ^ (Russian) Dmitri Ivanov. Aviation dying but not surrenderring at Maxim Moskow's Zhurnal Samizdat

[edit] External links

• Komiavia airplanes

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