JSC Dalavia
(
Russian
:
ОАО ≪Дальавиа≫
), also known as
Dalavia ? Far Eastern Airways
(
Russian
:
Дальавиа ≪Дальневосточные Авиалинии≫
) was an
airline
based in
Khabarovsk
,
Russia
. It operated scheduled and charter flights within Russia, and international flights to
Asia
. Its main base was
Khabarovsk Novy Airport
.
[1]
The Russian Government suspended its traffic rights in October 2008.
[2]
History
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Khabarovsk's airport
received its first concrete runway in August 1953, and in the same year
Khabarovsk Aviation Enterprise
(
Russian
:
Хабаровское авиационное предприятие
) was established as part of
Aeroflot
. Flights were initially operated by aircraft including the
Polikarpov Po-2
,
Lisunov Li-2
and
Ilyushin Il-14
, and later the
Tupolev Tu-154
and
Ilyushin Il-62
were operated.
[3]
After the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
and the resultant breakup of Aeroflot, Khabarovsk Aviation Enterprise continued to operate under Aeroflot
codes
and in Aeroflot livery, in return for a licensing fee. On 29 March 1999, the airline began operations to
Seoul
in
South Korea
from Khabarovsk under its own codes, and with the new name of
Dalavia
.
[4]
In December 1999 the airline started operating the route Khabarovsk-
Bangkok
-
Singapore
on a once-weekly basis.
[5]
The first Tu-214 was handed over to the airline at the KAPO plant in
Kazan
on 22 May 2001, in a ceremony presided over by
Mintimer Shaimiyev
, the
President of Tatarstan
.
[6]
One of the airlines'
Tupolev Tu-214s
at
Pulkovo Airport
in
Saint Petersburg
in 2005.
Dalavia carried 621,405 passenger in 2004, an increase of 9.1% over the previous year. Of this, some 135,792 passengers were carried on the airline's international route network.
[7]
This year the airline was given recognition as the best domestic airline in Russia in the
Wings of Russia
competition.
[8]
In December 2006, Dalavia signed a
US$
170 million deal with
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft
for the supply of six
Sukhoi Superjet 100s
, with options on an additional four airframes.
[9]
From June 2007, the airline was to offer a weekly flight with Tupolev Tu-214 equipment from
Anchorage
,
Alaska
, to
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
with a flight continuation to Khabarovsk.
[10]
On 26 January 2009,
Rosaviatsiya
cancelled the
air operator's certificate
of Dalavia.
[11]
On 9 June 2009, the Arbitration Court of Khabarovsk Krai declared Dalavia bankrupt with debts almost twice the amount of its assets. Its accounts payables totalled some 1.7 billion
rubles
and wages for employees exceeded 350 million roubles. According to
presidential decree
, after the bankruptcy Dalavia was transferred to
Russian Technologies
when it was planned for Dalavia to enter the structure of
Rosavia
.
[12]
Destinations
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Fleet
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A Dalavia Ilyushin Il-62M takes off from
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
in 2006.
The Dalavia fleet included the following aircraft (at May 2008):
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Dalavia
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