Gazpromavia
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Gazpromavia is an airline
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It operates passenger and cargo charters, mainly in support of the oil and gas industry. It also operates regular domestic flights from Moscow and international charter passenger and cargo services.

History

The airline was established in March 1995 and started operations on 16 April 1995. It is wholly owned by JSC Gazprom Russia
Gazprom
Open Joint Stock Company Gazprom is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world and the largest Russian company. Its headquarters are in Cheryomushki District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow...

 and has 2,736 employees (at March 2007).

Airports

GAZPROMAVIA owns and operates the following two Class B airports which accommodate aircraft such as the TU-154, IL-76, AN-74 and all types of helicopters.:
  • Gazpromavia base Ostafyevo International Airport, located near Moscow
  • Yamburg
    Yamburg Airport
    Yamburg Airport is a small airport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 21 km northwest of Yamburg. It services medium-sized airliners and helicopters of all types. The Yamburg area is located in remote area of northern Siberia in the Vorkuta region and is 90 km southeast of...

     airport located in Yamburg of Yamalo-Nenetz autonomous national area.

Destinations

Gazpromavia offers scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of 8 December 2009):

Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

  • Belgorod
    Belgorod
    -Twin towns/sister cities:Belgorod is twinned with: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Opole, Poland Vyshhorod, Ukraine Kharkiv, Ukraine-External links:...

     - Belgorod International Airport
    Belgorod International Airport
    Belgorod International Airport is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services medium-sized airliners . It conducts 24-hour flight operations. The airport was founded in 1954....

  • Beloyarsk
    Beloyarsk
    Beloyarsk may refer to:*Beloyarsk, Altai Krai, a former urban-type settlement in Altai Krai, Russia; since 2005—a settlement*Beloyarsk, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a settlement in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia...

     - Beloyarsk Airport
    Beloyarsk Airport
    -Airlines and destinations:...

  • Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

     - Vnukovo Airport hub
  • Nadym
    Nadym
    Nadym is a town in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, situated on the Nadym River. It serves as the administrative center of Nadymsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it. Population: It is served by the Nadym Airport....

     - Nadym Airport
  • Novy Urengoy
    Novy Urengoy
    Novy Urengoy is a city in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: It is served by the Novy Urengoy Airport.It was founded in 1975 after the discovery of the Urengoy gas field, one of the largest in Russia...

     - Novy Urengoy Airport
    Novy Urengoy Airport
    Novy Urengoy Airport is an airport in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia located 4 km southwest of Novy Urengoy. It handles medium-sized airliners. The airport contains ample tarmac space and is well-maintained.-Airlines and destinations:...

  • Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

     - Pulkovo Airport
    Pulkovo Airport
    Pulkovo Airport is an international airport serving Saint Petersburg, Russia. It consists of two terminals, Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 , which are located about and south of the city centre, respectively. The airport serves as a hub for Rossiya Airlines , and as focus city for Nordavia...

  • Samara
    Samara, Russia
    Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...

     - Kurumoch International Airport
    Kurumoch International Airport
    Kurumoch International Airport is the international airport of Samara, Russia located 35 km north of the city. In 2006, it handled 1,218,954 passengers and 4,121 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport was the base of defunct Samara Airlines....

  • Sochi
    Sochi
    Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

     - Sochi International Airport
  • Sovetsky
    Sovetsky
    Sovetsky , Sovetskaya , Sovetskoye , or Sovetskiye is something named after the Soviet Union.*Sovetsky District, name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union...

     - Sovetsky Airport
  • Tyumen
    Tyumen
    Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...

     - Roschino International Airport
    Roschino International Airport
    -External links:*...

  • Ulyanovsk
    Ulyanovsk
    Ulyanovsk The city is the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin , for whom it is named.-History:Simbirsk was founded in 1648 by the boyar Bogdan Khitrovo. The fort of "Simbirsk" was strategically placed on a hill on the Western bank of the Volga River...

     - Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport
    Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport
    Ulyanovsk Baratayeveka Airport is an airport in Russia located 9 km southwest of Ulyanovsk...

  • Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

     - Uktus Airport
    Uktus Airport
    Uktus Airport is an airport in Russia located 20 km southeast of Yekaterinburg. It is a small airfield 5 km south of the larger Koltsovo Airport. Google Earth images shows dozens of general aviation prop planes and five helicopters....



Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

  • Belgrade
    Belgrade
    Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

     - Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
    Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
    Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is Serbia's busiest airport, also known as Surčin , after a nearby Belgrade district.Named after Nikola Tesla, the airport is situated west, of central Belgrade, in the Municipality of Surčin, surrounded by Syrmia's fertile lowlands...


Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

  • Nukus
    Nukus
    Nukus is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Republic. It has a population of 260,000...

     - Nukus Airport
    Nukus Airport
    Nukus Airport is an airport in Nukus, Uzbekistan .-Airlines and destinations:...


Aerial Services

Gazpromavia also provides the following services:
  • Aerial prospecting, monitoring and patrolling of works in regions that are difficult to access
  • Aerial delivery of the working shifts
  • Aerial logistical support of construction material, equipment, products, and medical supplies
  • Aerial construction and installation work, Air rescue and Air Ambulance services.


The following Gazpromavia divisions provide these services: Kaluga
Kaluga
Kaluga is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River southwest of Moscow. Population: It is served by Grabtsevo Airport.-History:...

, Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....

, Samara
Samara, Russia
Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...

, Sochi
Sochi
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

, Ukhta
Ukhta
Ukhta is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century. In the mid-19th century, industrialist M. K. Sidorov started to drill for oil in this area. It was one of the first oil wells in...

, Yugorsk
Yugorsk
Yugorsk is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, situated in the northwestern part of the East-West lowland, from Khanty-Mansiysk. Population: Area: . Postal code: 628260. International dialing code: 34675....

.

Aerial Services are provided by KA-26, Mi-2, Mi-8 and Mi-171A helicopters.

Fleet

Gazpromavia operates a fleet of 140 aircraft, many equipped with modern equipment for international flights such as:
  • КLN-90В satellite navigation systems (Tupolev-154M, Yakovlev-42D, Antonov-74), GPS155Т8SO (Ilyushin-76D),
  • ТСАS-2000 air collision warning systems (Tupolev-154M, Antonov-74) and АСА8-67А (Ilyushin-76D).


Gazpromavia operates 34 fix-winged aircraft of the following types:

Gazpromavia Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
First Business Economy Total
Antonov An-74 14 0 Up to 52pax, or
10 pax and 7,5t cargo, or
10t cargo
convertible
Boeing 737-700 3 0 20 102 122
Dassault Falcon 900 4 0 8 8 VIP
Ilyushin Il-76TD 2 0 Up to 50t Cargo
Sukhoi Superjet 100
Sukhoi Superjet 100
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is a modern, fly-by-wire regional jet in the 75- to 95-seat category. With development starting in 2000, the plane was designed by the civil aircraft division of the Russian aerospace company Sukhoi in co-operation with Western partners...

10 TBA
Tupolev Tu-154M 3 0 160 160
Yakovlev Yak-40
Yakovlev Yak-40
The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...

2 0 12 12 "Cabin" model
2 16 16
Yakovlev Yak-42
Yakovlev Yak-42
The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet...

6 0 8 18 26
Total: 38 0 Last updated: 29 January 2011



GAZPROMAVIA operates 106 Helicopter of the following types:
  • 22 Ka-26
  • 39 Mi-2
    Mil Mi-2
    The Mil Mi-2 is a small, lightly armored transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon.-Design and development:...

  • 45 Mi-8
    Mil Mi-8
    The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....


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