Angara Airlines

JSC Angara Airlines (ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Ангара») is an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.

Overview
Established in 2000, it operates on behalf of its owner, the Irkut Corporation aircraft repair factory out of Irkutsk International Airport. With base airports in Irkutsk and Novosibirsk, Angara Airlines operates scheduled flights in the Siberian region and to other regions in the Russian Federation, and topping it off with one international connection, to Manzhouli, China. Besides the scheduled flights, Angara Airlines also offers charter transportation, VIP transportation and freight and mail services.

In July 2017, it was announced that the airline had signed a letter of intent for 3 Irkut MC-21-300s at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow. The airline has yet to decide which engines will be chosen for the aircraft. The aircraft, when an order is placed, were originally scheduled to be delivered from 2022 to 2025.

Destinations
As of May 2022, Angara Airlines serves the following destinations:


 * Amur Oblast
 * Blagoveschensk - Ignatyevo Airport
 * Talakan - Talakan Airport
 * Tynda - Tynda Airport
 * Zeya - Zeya Airport
 * Buryatia
 * Nizhneangarsk - Nizhneangarsk Airport
 * Taksimo - Taksimo Airport
 * Ulan-Ude - Baikal International Airport
 * Irkutsk Oblast
 * Bodaybo - Bodaybo Airport
 * Bratsk - Bratsk Airport
 * Erbogachen - Erbogachen Airport
 * Irkutsk - Irkutsk International Airport
 * Kirensk - Kirensk Airport
 * Mama - Mama Airport
 * Ust-Kut - Ust-Kut Airport
 * Khabarovsk Krai
 * Khabarovsk - Khabarovsk Novy Airport
 * Sakha
 * Lensk- Lensk Airport
 * Sakhalin
 * Nogliki - Nogliki Airport
 * Okha - Okha Airport
 * Shakhtyorsk - Shakhtyorsk Airport
 * Zabaykalsky Krai
 * Chara - Chara Airport
 * Chita - Kadala Airport
 * Chita - Kadala Airport

Fleet
The Angara Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of May 2022):

Accidents



 * 27 June 2019: Angara Airlines Flight 200, an Antonov An-24 (registration RA-47366) operating a flight from Nizhneangarsk to Ulan-Ude, Russia, suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The aircraft skidded off the runway after attempting to make an emergency landing, then hit a building and caught fire. Of the 47 people on board, 2 crew members were killed and 7 others were injured. The aircraft was written off.