Vostok Aviation Company

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Vostok Aviation Company
Авиакомпания «Восток»
IATA
ICAO
VTK[1]
ЖТК[1]
Callsign
VOSTOK[1]
Founded 15 May 1945
Commenced operations 15 May 1945
Hubs Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Fleet size 13
Parent company UTair Aviation
Headquarters Khabarovsk, Russia
Key people Aleksandr Kuzymich Tkach (General Director)[1]
Website http://www.vostokairlines.ru/

JSC "Vostok Aviation Company" (Russian: ОАО «Авиакомпания «Восток») is an airline headquartered in Khabarovsk, Russia (subsidiary of UTair Group). It operates scheduled and charter passenger services, freight services, air ambulance, air patrol, firefighting and oil rig support. Its main base is Khabarovsk Novy Airport.

History

Vostok Aviation Company was established and started operations as 264 Squadron of the Far Eastern division of Aeroflot on 15 May 1945. It was incorporated as a joint stock company on 30 June 1993.[1][2] The airline is owned by Khabarovsk regional administration (51%) and the airline employees (49%).

Destinations

 Russia

Fleet

Antonov An-38 of Vostok.

The Vostok Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at November 2012):[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 29 January 2008, p. 169
  2. (English) "Company summary". Skrin.ru. Retrieved 5 February 2008. 
  3. Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

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