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

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

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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

 Russia

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

Fleet

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

References

External links

• Official website

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