Polar Airlines
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| Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Yakutsk[1] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 56 | ||||||
| Destinations | 20 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government owned | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yakutsk, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Andrei Vasiliyevich Koryakin (General Director)[1] | ||||||
| Website | http://www.polarair.ru/ | ||||||
Polar Airlines (Polyarnye Avialinii) is an airline based in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.[2]
History
The airline began operations in 1997. It was formed from the Batagai, Kolyma-Indigirka, Chukordakh and Tiksi sub-divisions of Aeroflot.[2]
Destinations
Polar Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following destinations (as of January 2013):[3]
- Aldan - Aldan Airport
- Bratsk - Bratsk Airport
- Chersky - Chersky Airport
- Chokurdakh - Chokurdakh Airport
- Irkutsk - International Airport Irkutsk
- Lensk - Lensk Airport
- Neryungri - Chulman Airport
- Tiksi - Tiksi Airport
- Yakutsk - Yakutsk Airport
Incidents
- May 16, 2003
- Antonov An-3T RA-05881 force-landed 28 mi from Sangara due to engine failure caused by bad weather; all 13 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[4]
- November 18, 2005
- Antonov An-2TP RA-02252 crashed on a mountain 19 mi from Sangar in bad weather; all 12 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.[5]
- November 21, 2012
- Flight RKA-227 (performed by Antonov An-26 RA-26061) from Yakutsk to Deputatsky overshot the runway on landing by 70 metres. The airline reported an icy runway as the cause. The plane received substantial damage[6] but no injuries were reported.[7]
- July 2, 2013
- Flight 9949, a Mil Mi-8 (registration RA-22657) crashed into a hill top 66 km from Deputatsky in the Sakha Republic. 19 of the 25 passengers and 3 crew were killed, of these deaths several children were involved. 11 of the 25 passengers were children. A post crash fire consumed the aircraft. [8][9][10] This was the first fatal accident for the airline.
- August 16, 2013
- Flight 9977, an Antonov An-2TP (registration RA-01419), made a forced landing near Vilyuisk following an unexplained engine problem; all 11 on board survived, but the aircraft was destroyed by a post-crash fire.[11]
Fleet
As of July 2012 the Polar Airlines fleet includes:[1][12]
- 17 Antonov An-2
- 3 Antonov An-3T
- 3 Antonov An-24
- 6 Antonov An-26
- 1 L-410
- 26 Mil Mi-8
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 27 April 2007, p. 351
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Accident description for RA-05881 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 July 2013.
- ↑ Accident description for RA-02252 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 July 2013.
- ↑ http://www.avsim.su/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=397427
- ↑ http://avherald.com/h?article=45961174
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23142651
- ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/19-people-die-in-russian-helicopter-crash-official-386831
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Accident description for RA-041419 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2015-3-27.
- ↑ Polar Airlines fleet
External links
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- (Russian) Polar Airlines official website
