IrAir
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IrAero is an airline
based in Irkutsk
, Russia
. It operates domestic scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base in Irkutsk Airport.
, operated by Antonov An-24 RA46561, overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport
near Blagoveshchensk
during landing at the end of a flight from Chita
. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured.
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 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...
, 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 domestic scheduled passenger services, charter and cargo flights. Its main base in Irkutsk Airport.
Destinations
As of April, 2009 IrAero operates the following services:- BlagoveshchenskBlagoveshchenskBlagoveshchensk is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: -Early history of the region:The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daurs and Duchers...
(Ignatyevo AirportIgnatyevo AirportIgnatyevo Airport is a large airport in Russia located 20 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It services up to medium-sized airliners and conducts 24-hour flight operations...
) - BodayboBodayboBodaybo is a town in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vitim River at its confluence with the Bodaybo River. Population: 12,800 ....
(Bodaybo Airport) - Chita (Kadala AirportKadala AirportChita Kadala Airport is an airport in Russia located 10 km west of Chita. It accommodates all types of airliners.-Airlines and destinations:...
) - IrkutskIrkutskIrkutsk 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...
(Irkutsk Airport, Main Base) - KhabarovskKhabarovskKhabarovsk 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...
(Khabarovsk Novy AirportKhabarovsk Novy AirportKhabarovsk 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...
) - KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...
(Yemelyanovo AirportYemelyanovo AirportYemelyanovo International Airport is a major airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located 37 km northwest of Krasnoyarsk. It opened for operations in 1980. Presently, Yemelyanovo makes regular cargo and passenger flights of over 40 Russian and overseas carriers...
) - KyzylKyzyl-External links:*** in Kyzyl, Russia*...
(Kyzyl AirportKyzyl AirportKyzyl Airport serves Kyzyl, the capital of the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation. The airport is located 6 km southwest of the city center.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...
) - MagadanMagadanMagadan is a port town on the Sea of Okhotsk and gateway to the Kolyma region. It is the administrative center of Magadan Oblast , in the Russian Far East. Founded in 1929 on the site of an earlier settlement from the 1920s, it was granted the status of town in 1939...
(Sokol AirportSokol AirportSokol Airport is an airport in Sokol in Magadan Oblast, Russia. The airport is located 70 km north of the Magadan city center. The airport is sometimes confused with Dolinsk-Sokol air base, which was home to the fighters that shot down Korean Air Flight 007.In 1991, the town gained...
) - MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
(Domodedovo International AirportDomodedovo International AirportMoscow Domodedovo Airport or Domodedovo International Airport is an international airport located in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, south-southeast of the centre of Moscow...
) - NovosibirskNovosibirskNovosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
(Tolmachevo Airport) - Ulan-UdeUlan-UdeUlan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...
(Ulan-Ude Airport) - YakutskYakutskWith 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...
(Yakutsk AirportYakutsk AirportYakutsk Airport is an airport in Yakutsk, Russia. It has two runways and a capacity of 700 passengers per hour....
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Fleet
The IrAero fleet includes the following aircraft as of November, 2008:- 4 Antonov An-24Antonov An-24The 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:...
- 9 Antonov An-26Antonov An-26The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...
- 5 CRJ200
- 10 Irkut MS-21 (On order)
Accidents
On 8 August 2011 IrAero Flight 103IrAero Flight 103
IrAero Flight 103 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Chita to Ignatyevo Airport near Blagoveshchensk, Russia. On 8 August 2011, the flight was operated by Antonov An-24 RA-46561. The aircraft overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport by on landing and was written off...
, operated by Antonov An-24 RA46561, overran the runway at Ignatyevo Airport
Ignatyevo Airport
Ignatyevo Airport is a large airport in Russia located 20 km northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It services up to medium-sized airliners and conducts 24-hour flight operations...
near Blagoveshchensk
Blagoveshchensk
Blagoveshchensk is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: -Early history of the region:The early residents of both sides of the Amur in the region of today's Blagoveshchensk were the Daurs and Duchers...
during landing at the end of a flight from Chita
Chita
-Places:* Chita, Aichi, a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita District, Aichi, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita Peninsula, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan* Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, a city in Russia...
. Nine passengers and three crew of the five crew and 31 passengers on board were injured.