Vostok Airlines
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JSC "Vostok Aviation Company" 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...

 headquartered in Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia...

, Russia
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. It operates scheduled and charter passenger services, freight services, air ambulance, air patrol, firefighting and oil rig support. Its main base is Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Khabarovsk Novy Airport is located at the eastern part of Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Khabarovsk Novy Airport was the main hub for the Russian airline Dalavia, which was shut down by the government due to large debts...

.

History

Vostok Aviation Company was established and started operations as 264 Squadron of the Far Eastern division 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...

 on 15 May 1945. It was incorporated as a joint stock company on 30 June 1993. The airline is owned by Khabarovsk regional administration (51%) and the airline employees (49%).

Fleet

The Vostok Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at June 2010) :
  • 5 Antonov An-28
    Antonov An-28
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  • 3 Antonov An-38
    Antonov An-38
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  • 6 Mil Mi-8T
  • 9 Mil Mi-8MTV-1
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