JSC Komiinteravia () was an

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

based in

Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (, , ; , ) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative center of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as Ust-Sysolsk after the Sysola, Sysola River. Ety ...

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (; ), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital city, capital is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Syktyvka ...

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. It operated scheduled domestic passenger services, as well as passenger and cargo charter flights to domestic and international destinations. Its main base was

Syktyvkar Airport Syktyvkar Airport is an airport in the Komi Republic, Russia located just within the city of Syktyvkar Syktyvkar (, , ; , ) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the administrative cente ...

. Parent company UTair Aviation reorganised Komiinteravia into a new airline UTair Express, which received a certificate in commercial air transport operations on Antonov An-24 aircraft in December 2006.

History

The airline was established in March 1996 and started operations in July 1997. In 2004 UTair gained control of more than 70% of Komiinteravia (carried 200,000 passengers in 2003).Russia/CIS Observer, October 2004, Merge to Fly Another Day
/ref> UTair is planning to set up a new regional division using its subsidiary Komiinteravia that will operate as UTair Express using

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv ...

and

ATR 42-300 The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France. On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now part of Airbu ...

aircraft. It is planning to replace its Komiinteravia's

fleet with additional ATR 42-300s over the next few years. The airline's IATA code has since been adopted by Jet4You.

Destinations

Komiinteravia operated the following services (as of January 2005):

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, 5–11 April 2005 *Domestic scheduled destinations:

Ukhta Ukhta (; , ''Ukva'') is an important industrial town in the Komi Republic of Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Chibyu'' (until 1939). History Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century. In the mid- ...

, Usinsk and

Vorkuta Vorkuta (; ; Nenets languages, Nenets for "the abundance of bears", "bear corner") is a coal-mining types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the Komi Republic, Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin a ...

Fleet

As of March 2007 the Komiinteravia fleet included: *5

Antonov An-24RV The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv, ...

Previously operated

As of January 2005 the airline also operated: *4

Tupolev Tu-134A The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain oth ...

*1 Tupolev Tu-134B *1

Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed in Soviet Union by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. It was introduced to service in 1968, with export mo ...

References

External links

Komiinteravia
(Archive) (2002-2008)
Komiinteravia
(Archive) (2000-2003) Defunct airlines of Russia Airlines established in 1996 Airlines disestablished in 2006 Companies based in Syktyvkar {{Russia-airline-stub