Tomsk Avia
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Airline |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Tomsk , Russia |
Area served | Domestic Russia |
| Products | Passenger transport, cargo operations, charter flights |
Tomsk Avia, LLC () was an airline headquartered at Bogashevo Airport in Tomsk, Russia. It provided domestic passenger transport, cargo operations, and charter flights until it discontinued services in 2015.
History
Established in 1992 as a spin-off from the Aeroflot Tomsk branch, Tomsk Avia combined with Kolpashevo Air Enterprise in 1999. The organization, formerly identified as Tomsk Production Aviation Amalgamation and Tomsk State Aviation Enterprise, encountered financial challenges that resulted in the revocation of its Air operator's certificate by Rosaviatsia in April 2015. The certificate was formally annulled in July 2015.
Due to ongoing financial instability, Russian aviation regulators became concerned; the airline's director faced 18 criminal allegations connected to debt issues. In March 2015, law enforcement authorities confiscated two airports owned by the carrier: Strezhevoy Airport and Kargasok. Following this, the company's fleet of Antonov An-24 and Antonov An-26 airplanes was seized and auctioned off.
Destinations
Tomsk Avia maintained scheduled domestic routes to several important regional airports:
- Gorno-Altaysk – Gorno-Altaysk Airport
- Barnaul – German Titov Barnaul International Airport
- Kemerovo – Kemerovo International Airport, Novokuznetsk – Spichenkovo Airport
- Abakan – Abakan Airport
- Novosibirsk – Tolmachevo Airport
- Strezhevoy – Strezhevoy Airport, Tomsk – Bogashevo Airport
- as well as Nizhnevartovsk – Nizhnevartovsk Airport, and Surgut – Surgut Airport
Fleet
By July 2012, the Tomskavia fleet consisted of:
- 6 Antonov An-24
- 2 Antonov An-26
- 1 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- 13 Mil Mi-8T