Komiinteravia

Infobox Airline
airline = Komiinteravia

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fleet_size = 5
destinations = 4
IATA = 8J
ICAO = KMV
callsign = Komiinter
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founded = March 1996
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hubs = Syktyvkar Airport
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Komiinteravia was an airline based in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia. It operated scheduled domestic passenger services, as well as passenger and cargo charter flights to domestic and international destinations. Its main base was Syktyvkar Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 102 | date= 2007-04-03] .

Parent company UTair Aviation reorganised Komiinteravia into a new airline UTair Express, which received a certificate in commercial air transport operations on Antonov An-24 aircraft in December 2006. [cite web | title= Komiinteravia reorganized into UTair Express| date= 2006-12-19| work= UTair Aviation News | url= http://www.utair.ru/en/news/news_current.shtml?2006/12//20061229-545.html| accessdate= 2007-06-03]

History

The airline was established in March 1996 and started operations in July 1997 . In 2004 UTair gained control of more than 70% of Komiinteravia (carried 200,000 passengers in 2003) [ [http://www.ato.ru/rus/cis/archive/7-2004/at/?sess_=bedbc69ca852833ab6f2b31504ac2dd0 Russia/CIS Observer] October 2004] .

UTair is planning to set-up a new regional division using its subsidiary Komiinteravia that will operate as UTair Express using Antonov An-24 and ATR 42-300 aircraft. It is planning to replace its Komiinteravia's Antonov An-24 fleet with additional ATR 42-300s over the next few years.cite web | title= UTair new regional division | date= 2006-09-09| work= CH-Aviation | url= http://www.ch-aviation.ch/news.php?search=1&airline=UTair| accessdate= 2007-06-03]

Destinations

Komiinteravia operated the following services (as of January 2005) Flight International, 5-11 April 2005] :
*Domestic scheduled destinations: Syktyvkar, Ukhta, Usinsk and Vorkuta.

Fleet

As of March 2007 the Komiinteravia fleet included :

*5 Antonov An-24RV

Previously operated

As of January 2005 the airline also operated :
*4 Tupolev Tu-134A
*1 Tupolev Tu-134B
*1 Yakovlev Yak-40

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