Vostok Aviation Company
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Founded | 15 May 1945 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 15 May 1945 | ||||||
Hubs | Khabarovsk Novy Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 23 | ||||||
Destinations | 8 (scheduled) | ||||||
Holding company#Parent company | UTair Aviation | ||||||
Headquarters | Khabarovsk, Russia | ||||||
Key people | Aleksandr Kuzymich Tkach (General Director)[1] | ||||||
Website | vostockairlines.ru |
JSC "Vostok Aviation Company" (Russian: ОАО "Авиакомпания "Восток"), sometimes trading as Vostok Airlines, is a Russian regional airline headquartered in Khabarovsk and a subsidiary of UTair Aviation. It operates domestic scheduled and charter passenger services, freight services, air ambulance, air patrol, firefighting, oil rig support as well as other specialized operations.[2] Its main base is Khabarovsk Novy Airport.[3]
History
[edit]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][4] The airline is owned by Khabarovsk regional administration (51%) and the airline employees (49%).
Fleet
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As of December 2015, the Vostok Aviation Company fleet includes the following aircraft:[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 29 January 2008, p. 169
- ^ vostokairlines.com - Flight Operations retrieved 7 December 2015
- ^ ch-aviation.com - Vostok Airlines retrieved 7 December 2015
- ^ (in English) "Company summary". Skrin.ru. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ^ vostokairlines.com - Aircraft Types retrieved 7 December 2015
External links
[edit] Media related to Vostok Airlines at Wikimedia Commons