Aurora (airline)
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| Founded | November 2013 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 8 December 2013 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
| Destinations | 32[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Sakhalin Region Development Corporation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | ||||||
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| Website | flyaurora | ||||||
Aurora (Russian: Аврора) is a Russian airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast.[2] It operates domestic and international flights in the Russian Far East region. It is named after the Russian cruiser Aurora.[3][4]
History
[edit]Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in September 2013.[4][5][6] Originally called Taiga, it combined Vladivostok Air and SAT Airlines.[5][6] SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Avia served 42 and 15 destinations respectively, and had a combined fleet of 24 fixed-wing aircraft, along with 11 helicopters.[4]
Aurora began operations on 8 December 2013 serving the Khabarovsk – Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo route.[7][8][9][10] The carrier's first aircraft was an Airbus A319, with a new aircraft livery.[11] In December 2015, the airline received the first of three Bombardier Q400 aircraft it had on order.[12]
Aurora was 51%-owned by Aeroflot, with the regional government of Sakhalin Oblast holding the balance.[4][13] An initial investment of RUB 430 million was provided by Aeroflot through a loan.[14] In December 2020, Aeroflot sold its 51% stake in Aurora to Sakhalin Region Development Corporation for ₽1.[15][16] In 2022, Aurora was merged with five Russian regional airlines – Khabarovsk Airlines, Chukotavia, Kamchatka Air Enterprise, Yakutia Airlines, and Polar Airlines – to create a single far-eastern airline for Russia.[17]
Key people
[edit]As of October 2016[update], Konstantin Sukhorebrik was the CEO.[18]
Destinations
[edit]The airline serves two countries on 41 routes.[1][19]
As of April 2024[update], Aurora flies internationally from its three bases located in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. The international network includes Beijing-Daxing[20] and Harbin[21] airports in China.
Codeshare agreements
[edit]Aurora has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Fleet
[edit]Current
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The Aurora fleet comprises the following aircraft:[25]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 8 | — | 128 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8-200 | 2 | — | 37 | Used on Charter Flights |
| Bombardier Dash 8-300 | 1 | — | 50 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8-400 | 5 | — | 70 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 | 3 | — | 19 | |
| Ilyushin Il-114 | — | 19[citation needed] | TBA | |
| Irkut MC-21-310 | — | 10[26] | TBA | To be delivered from late-2027 to 2030.[26] |
| Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 | — | 8 | 87 | To be delivered in 2026.[citation needed] |
| Total | 19 | 37 | ||
Historic
[edit]Aurora previously operated the following aircraft:[27]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aurora on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
- ^ "Aurora". CAPA.
- ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (11 November 2015). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airlines wins IOSA approval". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "New Aurora Airline Set to Serve Far East". The Moscow Times. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
- ^ a b Borodina, Polina (13 June 2013). "Aeroflot to launch Far East subsidiary in 3Q". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
- ^ a b Borodina, Polina (10 September 2013). "Russia's Aeroflot creates Far East subsidiary Taiga Airline". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Aurora Begins Khabarovsk – Karsnoyarsk [sic] Service from Dec 2013". Airline Route. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
- ^ Baklitskaya, Kate (7 November 2013). "New airline offers the world a route to some of Russia's remotest and most exotic destinations". The Siberian Times. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Russian airline brand Aurora turns to Landor Associates for brand strategy and identity". The Drum. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013.
- ^ "Aeroflot Presented New Subsidiary – United Far Eastern Airline "Aurora"" (Press release). Aeroflot. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.
- ^ Borodina, Polina (6 November 2013). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline set to launch operations". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.
- ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (4 May 2016). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline 1Q traffic up 22%". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.
- ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (9 June 2015). "Russia's Aurora Airline to double passengers, fleet in 2018". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
- ^ Borodina, Polina (25 October 2013). "Aeroflot provides a $13.5 million loan for Far East subsidiary". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (17 December 2020). "Aeroflot Group to divest eastern carrier Aurora". FlightGlobal.
- ^ "Aeroflot Sells Subsidiary To Boost Russian Far East Air Transport". Aviation Week & Space Technology. 23 December 2020.
- ^ VENCKUNAS, VALIUS (21 October 2022). "Three more Russian airlines to join massive far-East merger". Aerotime.
- ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (17 October 2016). "Aurora Airline predicts traffic will increase 20% in 2016". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Aurora Flights and Destinations - FlightConnections". www.flightconnections.com.
- ^ "Aurora Adds Seasonal Sakhalinsk – Beijing Service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Авиакомпания "Аврора" увеличивает количество рейсов из Южно-Сахалинска в Харбин". www.flyaurora.ru. Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Авиакомпания "Аврора" объявила о запуске регулярных рейсов по маршруту Якутск — Улан-Удэ". NewsYkt. 7 January 2022.
- ^ Liu, Jim (29 September 2016). "Aurora / S7 Airlines expands codeshare network in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ Liu, Jim (18 January 2018). "Aurora adds Vladivostok – Beijing route from Jan 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Fleet". Aurora.
- ^ a b "Aurora Airlines expects to receive ten MS-21 aircraft by 2030". Aviation21.ru. 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Russia's Aurora ends B737 operations". ch-aviation. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017.
External links
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Media related to Aurora at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Chinese, English, and Russian)
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