Kamchatka Air Enterprise
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| Founded | 1948 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yelizovo, Russia | ||||||
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Airline is an airline based in Yelizovo, Russia. It provides regional and domestic feeder passenger services. Its main base is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport.[1]
History
The original airline was established on 1 January 1940 and started operations in 1948. It was formerly the Aeroflot Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Division.[1]
Fleet
The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Airline fleet includes the following aircraft (at July 2012)[2]:
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-26 | 1 | |
| Antonov An-26B | 1 | |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 2 | |
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | 2 | |
| Yakovlev Yak-40K | 2 | Cargo |
| Total | 8 |
Accidents and incidents
- 11 September 2012: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 - An Antonov An-28 (registration: RA-28715)crashed on approach to Palana; 10 people out of 14 occupants on board died.[3]
- 16 April 2011: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 123 - A Yak-40 (registration: RA-88241) sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Ust-Kamchatsk. None of the 21 passengers and five crew were injured. The plane took off from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport for a short flight to Ossora Airport. Inclement weather forced the crew to divert to Ust-Kamchatsk. Because weather had not improved, the flight was to return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. During take off on runway 07 the Yak-40 suffered a runway excursion. The right landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest in the snow[4]. As of November 2012 the aircraft has not been reported to be back in service.
- 23 September 2001: A Yak-40 (registration: RA-87481) was damaged beyond repair after heavy landing resulting in nosegear-collapse at Tigil airfield[5].
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 63.
- ^ http://www.aviapages.ru/airlines/1453/
- ^ Borodina, Polina (12 September 2012). "Russian An-28 crashes on Kamchatka, killing 10". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Yak-40 excursion from airport runway". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010923-0
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