SAT Airlines

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German airline of almost the same name, see SAT Airline .

SAT Airlines
IATA code :	HZ
ICAO code :	SHU
Call sign :	SATAIR
Founding:	1992
Operation stopped:	2013 (now Aurora Airlines )
Seat:	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk , Russia
Home airport :	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Management:	Konstantin Petrovich Sukhorebrik
Frequent Flyer Program :	SAT Club
Fleet size:	10
Aims:	national and continental
Website:	www.satairlines.ru
SAT Airlines ceased operations in 2013 (now Aurora Airlines ) . The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

SAT Airlines ( Russian Сахалинские авиатрассы ) was a Russian airline based in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and based at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport .

history

The company was founded in 1992, it emerged from the Sakhalinsk division of Aeroflot . In November of this year she started her regular service with the route Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Vladivostok - Seoul , which was served with an Antonov An-24 . From 1994 the company started using Boeing 737-200 , which was then followed by other western aircraft types.

The main shareholder Aeroflot announced in spring 2013 that it would merge SAT Airlines with Vladivostok Avia . The new company was finally announced as Aurora Airlines in November 2013 and began operations on December 8, 2013.

Destinations

SAT Airlines served destinations in the Far East of Russia as well as Japan , China and South Korea .

fleet

A De Havilland DHC-8-300 of the SAT in an older paint scheme in Chitose

As of July 2013, the SAT Airlines fleet consists of ten aircraft:

• 1 Antonov An-12 (cargo plane)
• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 1 Boeing 737-500
• 2 De Havilland DHC- 8-200
• 4 De Havilland DHC- 8-300

See also

• Former Airlines List (Europe)

Web links

• SAT Airlines website (Russian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Aeroflot creates new airline , April 23, 2013
2. ↑ aero.de - Aeroflot presents new Far East subsidiary November 7, 2013
3. ↑ ch-aviation.ch - SAT Airlines ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on July 31, 2013 
4. ↑ russianplanes.net - SAT Airlines (Russian) accessed on July 31, 2013