Chitaavia

Chitaavia

IATA X7 ICAO CHF Callsign Chita
Founded	1991
Operating bases	Kadala Airport
Destinations
Parent company	VIM Airlines
Headquarters	Chita, Russia

Chitaavia was an airline based in Chita, Russia. It operated scheduled passenger and cargo services, as well as aerial work. Its main base was Kadala Airport. The airline was acquired by VIM Airlines in 2004.

Code data

• IATA Code: X7
• ICAO Code: CHF
• Callsign: Chita^[1]

History

The airline was established in 1991 from the Aeroflot Chita Division. It was announced in April 1998 that Chitaavia and Baikal Airlines would merge into a single entity as part of a three year economic and social co-operation agreement between Irkutsk and Chita Oblasts. However, in September 1998, Baikal Airlines was declared bankrupt.^{[citation needed]}

VIM Airlines, at the end of 2004 acquired Chitaavia^[2].

Fleet

The Chitaavia fleet included the following aircraft (at August 2006):

• 1 Tupolev Tu-154B-2^[3]

References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Air Transport World November 2006
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006