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| Founded | 2011 | |||
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| Hubs | Stepanakert Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Yerevan Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 0 (3 ordered) | |||
| Destinations | 2 (planned) | |||
| Parent company | Artsakh Civil Aviation Authority | |||
| Headquarters | Stepanakert Airport Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh |
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| Key people | Dmitry Atbashian | |||
Artsakh Air, also referred to as Artsakhavia, is a new airline scheduled to operate from the newly rebuilt airport in Stepanakert in the fall of 2011.[1][2][3][4][5] It has a head office on the grounds of Stepanakert Airport.[1][2] The company is owned by the government of the de facto state of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic which territory is de-jure recognized as a part of Azerbaijan, (known locally as the Artsakh Republic) and will be the sole operator of flights from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.[6] These will be the first commercial flights from Stepanakert to Yerevan in twenty years.[7] Artsakh Air’s fleet will consist of 3 Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ200 passenger jets costing at least $15 million each and designed for short and mid-range flights.[8]
The following two destinations will be served once the airline starts operating: