For the American Cargo airline see: Polar Air Cargo

Polar Air Cargo

For the Russian aviation company see: Polar AirlinesPolar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. is an American cargo airline based in Purchase, Harrison, New York, USA. It operates scheduled all-cargo services to North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East...

Polar Airlines (Polyarnye Avialinii) 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 Yakutsk

Yakutsk

With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...

, Sakha Republic, 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 services.

History

The airline began operations in 1998. It was formed from the Batagai, Kolyma-Indigirka, Chukordakh and Tiksi sub-divisions of 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...

.

Destinations

Polar Airlines operates flights to the following (as at Jan 2009):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Batagai, Belaya Gora, Cherskiy, Chokurdakh

Chokurdakh

Chokurdakh is an urban locality and the administrative center of Allaikhovsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia. Population: The Indigirka River flows through the settlement. It is served by Chokurdakh Airport....

, Deputatskiy, Irkutsk

Irkutsk

Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...

, Moma

Moma

Moma may refer to:* Moma , an owlet moth genus* Moma Airport, a Russian public airport* Moma District, Nampula, Mozambique* Moma River, a right tributary of the Indigirka River* Google Moma, the Google corporate intranet...

, Nyubra, Olekminsk, Olenek, Sakkyryr, Saskylakh, Srednekolymsk

Srednekolymsk

Srednekolymsk is a town and the administrative center of Srednekolymsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located northeast of Yakutsk on the left bank of the Kolyma River. Population: -History:...

, Suntar, Tiksi

Tiksi

Tiksi is an urban locality and the administrative center of Bulunsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. Population: It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea...

, Ust-Kuiga, Ust-Maya

Ust-Maya

Ust-Maya is an urban locality and the administrative center of Ust-Maysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located at the confluence of the Maya and Aldan Rivers, southeast of Yakutsk. Population:...

, Verkhnevilyuisk, Vilyuisk, Yakutsk

Yakutsk

With a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...

, Zyryanka

Zyryanka

Zyryanka is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.Urban localities*Zyryanka, Sakha Republic, a settlement in Verkhnekolymsky District of the Sakha RepublicRural localities...

Fleet

As of May 2011 the Polar Airlines fleet includes:

• 17 Antonov An-2
  Antonov An-2
  The Antonov An-2 is a single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed in the USSR in 1946...
  
  
• 3 Antonov An-3T
  Antonov An-3
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• 3 Antonov An-24
  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:...
  
  
• 6 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:...
  
  
• ? L-410
  L-410
  The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:...
  
  
• 26 Mil 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....
  
  

External links

Polar Airlines official website