Polar Airlines

Polar Airlines (Russian: Полярные авиалинии, Poljarnýe avialinii) is an airline based in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.[2]

For the American Cargo airline see: Polar Air Cargo
State Unitary Enterprise "Aircompany "Polar Airlines"
ГУП «Авиакомпания «Полярные авиалинии»
IATA ICAO Callsign
PI RKA AIR SAKHA
Founded1997 (1997)
Operating basesYakutsk Airport[1]
Fleet size56
Destinations20
Parent companyGovernment owned
HeadquartersYakutsk, Russia
Key peopleAndrei Vasiliyevich Koryakin (General Director)[1]
Websitehttp://www.polarair.ru/
Antonov An-26-100

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]

Russia

Accidents & 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]
October 11, 2016
Flight 203, an Antonov An-26 RA-26660 landed short of the runway at Belaya Gora Airport. The aircraft was severely damaged. All 33 people on board survived.[12]

Fleet

As of July 2012 the Polar Airlines fleet includes:[1][13]

References
  1. Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", Airline Reference, Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 27 April 2007, p. 351
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 64.
  4. Accident description for RA-05881 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 July 2013.
  5. Accident description for RA-02252 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 July 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2012-11-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://avherald.com/h?article=45961174
  8. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23142651
  9. http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/19-people-die-in-russian-helicopter-crash-official-386831
  10. "Катастрофа Ми-8Т а/к Полярные авиалинии в Усть-Янском районе Якутии" [Accident Mi-8 Yakutia] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  11. Accident description for RA-041419 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2015-3-27.
  12. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20161011-0
  13. Polar Airlines fleet
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