Vostok Aviation Company

Infobox Airline
airline = Vostok Aviation Company
Авиакомпания «Восток»


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ICAO = VTK
ЖТКFederal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", "Airline Reference", Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 29 January 2008, p. 169]
callsign = VOSTOK
founded = 15 May 1945
commenced = 15 May 1945
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hubs = Khabarovsk Novy Airport
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fleet_size = 13
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headquarters = Khabarovsk, Russia
key_people = Aleksandr Kuzymich Tkach (General Director)
website = http://www.vostokairlines.ru/

JSC "Vostok Aviation Company" ( _ru. ОАО «Авиакомпания «Восток») is an airline headquartered in Khabarovsk, Russia. 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 en icon cite web | title = Company summary | publisher = Skrin.ru | url = http://www.skrin.com/issuers/akvo | accessdate = 2008-02-05] . The airline is owned by Khabarovsk regional administration (51%) and the airline employees (49%).

Fleet

The Vostok Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

*5 Antonov An-28
*2 Antonov An-38
*6 Let L-410 UVP

External links

* [http://www.vostokairlines.ru Vostok Airlines official website]

References