Yamal Airlines
| Yamal Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | YC |
| ICAO code : | LLM |
| Call sign : | YAMAL |
| Founding: | 1997 |
| Seat: |
Salekhard , Russia
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| Home airport : | Salekhard Airport |
| IATA prefix code : | 664 |
| Management: | Wasili Krjuk ( General Director ) |
| Passenger volume: | 1.79 million (2017) |
| Freight volume: | 2708 t (2017) |
| Fleet size: | 32 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.yamal.aero |
Yamal Airlines ( Russian ОАО "Авиационная транспортная компания" Ямал " , OAO Awiazionnaja transportnaja kompanija Jamal) is an airline based in Salekhard in northern Siberia , Russia . It is the largest regional airline in the country.
history
The airline, founded in 1997, offers regional flights to various Russian cities as well as international flights. The name refers to the Yamal Peninsula (also called the Samoyed Peninsula) in northwest Siberia (Russia, Asia). The peninsula belongs to the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district , in which the airline is based. The company flies to around 40 destinations with a fleet of around 55 aircraft. The Gothenburg / Landvetter airport was the first Western European destination and is operated with three direct flights to Moscow since the spring of 2012 found. At times (2011/2012) it also flew to Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport , but then withdrew. The route was then operated by Air Berlin , but the latter has now suspended all flights to Russia itself. Yamal targets Russian passengers and operates a Russian-language website. The general manager of the company is Vasili Krjuk.
Commercial operation of the Sukhoi Superjet began on April 30, 2016, and three aircraft had been delivered by May.
Destinations
Yamal Airlines flies to numerous domestic destinations and some international destinations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
fleet
As of March 2020, the Yamal Airlines fleet consists of 32 aircraft with an average age of 9.9 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 8th | 164 180 |
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| Airbus A321-200 | 3 | 220 | ||
| Bombardier CRJ200LR | 6th | 50 | ||
| Sukhoi Superjet 100 | 15th | 10 orders canceled | 100 103 |
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| total | 32 |
On May 6, 2019 it was announced that Yamal Airlines had canceled the order for 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 . Yamal managing director Vasily Kryuk told the Russian news agency TASS that the superjets' operational costs were too high. Due to errors and inadequate support, Yamal only managed to keep a good half of the existing superjets operational.
See also
Web links
- Yamal Airlines website (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Passenger Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF, 236 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2018 (Russian).
- ↑ Russian Aviation Agency : Freight Statistics of Russian Airlines 2016/2017. (PDF, 238 kB) Retrieved January 30, 2018 (Russian).
- ↑ Kremlin wants new major Russian airline. AeorTelegraph, October 23, 2018.
- ↑ Yamal Airlines to begin non-stop service Moscow - Gothenburg ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ About the company. Yamal Airlines, accessed August 1, 2017 (in Russian).
- ^ "Yamal" airline received two more aircraft "Sukhoi Superjet 100". sever-press.ru, May 23, 2016, accessed August 1, 2017 (Russian).
- ^ Yamal Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Russian airline cancels superjets , Aerotelegraph, May 6, 2019
- ↑ FAS has noticed an increase in the airfare for flights with Superjet. The reasons for this are the long downtimes of the Russian airliner during the procurement of spare parts and the high maintenance costs , RBC, August 21, 2019