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Tuva Airlines
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
Ceased operations	2016
Hubs	Kyzyl Airport
Destinations	7
Headquarters	Kyzyl, Russia

Tuva Airlines (Russian: ОАО «Тувинские Авиалинии», romanized: OAO «Tuvinskije Avialinii») was an airline based in Kyzyl, in the Russian federal republic of Tuva.^[1]

History edit

The airline was established and started operations in 1932 as a division of Aeroflot. It was privatised in 1992, being owned by the state (51%) and the airline's employees (49%).^{[citation needed]}

In 1994, the airline's director general Anatoly Martshekhi was found dead in his bath, in an apparent organised crime killing.^[2]

Tuva Airlines went bankrupt in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations edit

Tuva Airlines operated the following services as of January 2012:

Russia

Chamsara - Chamsara Airport
Irkutsk - Irkutsk Airport
Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport
Kyzyl - Kyzyl Airport base
Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
Todzha - Todzha Airport
Ulan-Ude - Ulan-Ude Airport
Yrban - Yrban Airport

Terminated Routes edit

Russia

Moscow -
- Sheremetyevo International Airport since 1995
- Domodedovo International Airport since 2000
St. Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport since 2000

Fleet edit

Antonov An-2
Yakovlev Yak-40
Sukhoi Superjet 100 (10 aircraft since 2016)^[3]

References edit

^ "Тувинские авиалинии (Tuva Airlines)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^ Englund, Will (18 October 1994). "Mob Claims Another Russian". articles.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ "Лучший день для SSJ 100". ato.ru. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links edit

Official website

[vinavia-1] "Тувинские авиалинии (Tuva Airlines)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

[2] Englund, Will (18 October 1994). "Mob Claims Another Russian". articles.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

[3] "Лучший день для SSJ 100". ato.ru. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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