Chukotavia

Federal State Unitary Enterprise "ChukotAVIA"
ФГУП «ЧукотАВИА»
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Founded 1 September 1996
Hubs Anadyr Ugolny Airport
Fleet size 6
Headquarters Anadyr
Key people Gennady Aleksandrovich Baibarodov (General Director)[1]
Website http://chukotavia.ru

ChukotAVIA (Russian: ЧукотАВИА, short for Чукотские авиалинии (Chukotka Airlines)) is an airline based in Anadyr, Russia. It operates passenger, cargo, and utility services. Its main base is Anadyr Ugolny Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1996. It was formed by the merger of Anadyr and Chaunski Air Enterprises. It is owned by Anadyr Air Enterprise, Keperveyem Air Enterprise, Mys Shmidta Air Enterprise and Pevek Air Enterprise.

Fleet

Antonov An-26 at Ugolny Airport

As of November 2012, the ChukotAVIA fleet includes the following aircraft:[1]

Fleet upgrade

Chukotavia announced plans to replace their Mi-8 helicopters with two DHC-6-400 turboprop aircraft purchased from Viking Air for regional flights from 2013[2]

Destinations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (Russian) Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 1 June 2007, p. 489
  2. ↑ http://www.ch-aviation.ch/portal/airline.php?cha=CHU

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