Izhavia
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JSC Izhavia 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 Izhevsk
Izhevsk
Izhevsk is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population: From 1984 to 1987 Izhevsk carried the name Ustinov |Minister of Defense of the USSR]], Marshal of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The city is an important industrial center,...

, Udmurtia
Udmurtia
The Udmurt Republic , or Udmurtia is a federal subject of Russia . Its capital is the city of Izhevsk. Population: -History:...

, 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 is the national airline of the Udmurtia republic of 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...

 and operates domestic charter and scheduled passenger services. Its main base is Izhevsk Airport
Izhevsk Airport
Izhevsk Airport is an airport in Udmurtia, Russia located 15 km east of Izhevsk. It handles small airliners.-Airlines and Destiantions:Izhavia Anapa, Kazan, Miralyne Vody, Moscow Domodedovo, Novy Urengoy, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg...

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History

The airline was formed in 1992 from the Aeroflot
Aeroflot
OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...

 Izhevsk Division and was originally known as Izhevsk Air Enterprise.

Destinations

, Izhavia serves the following destinations as part of its scheduled services:
  • Izhevsk
    Izhevsk
    Izhevsk is the capital city of the Udmurt Republic, Russia, situated on the Izh River in the Western Urals. Population: From 1984 to 1987 Izhevsk carried the name Ustinov |Minister of Defense of the USSR]], Marshal of the Soviet Union, Dmitry Ustinov). The city is an important industrial center,...

    Izhevsk Airport
    Izhevsk Airport
    Izhevsk Airport is an airport in Udmurtia, Russia located 15 km east of Izhevsk. It handles small airliners.-Airlines and Destiantions:Izhavia Anapa, Kazan, Miralyne Vody, Moscow Domodedovo, Novy Urengoy, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg...

     Hub
  • Kazan
    Kazan
    Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

    Kazan International Airport
    Kazan International Airport
    Kazan International Airport ; IATA: KZN, ICAO: UWKD) is an airport located in Tatarstan, Russia, located 25 km southeast of Kazan. The current airport main terminal building was opened in 1979, and has served international flights since 1985. The airport was renovated for the Kazan millenium...

  • Mineralnye Vody
    Mineralnye Vody
    Mineralnye Vody is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, which lies along the Kuma River and the main rail line between Rostov-on-Don and Baku . Population:...

    Mineralnye Vody Airport
    Mineralnye Vody Airport
    Mineralnye Vody Airport is an airport in Stavropol Krai, Russia located 4 km W of Mineralnye Vody. It features a civilian terminal area on its west side with 41 parking spots. The airfield houses a Tupolev Tu-154 maintenance facility on the east side.-Airlines and destinations:- External links :...

  • 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...

    Domodedovo International Airport
    Domodedovo International Airport
    Moscow Domodedovo Airport or Domodedovo International Airport is an international airport located in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, south-southeast of the centre of Moscow...

  • 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...



On particular dates, a small number of charter services are operated as well.

Fleet

The Izhavia fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :
  • 3 Antonov An-24RV
    Antonov An-24
    The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau from 1957.-Design and development:...

  • 3 Antonov An-26
    Antonov An-26
    The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...

  • 2 Tupolev Tu-134A
    Tupolev Tu-134
    The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...

  • 1 Yakovlev Yak-42D
    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...

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