Aurora (airline)

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 Russian cruiser Aurora.^[3]^[4]

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History

Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.^[4] In September 2013, Aurora (originally called Taiga) was created, combining 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 aircraft plus 11 helicopters.^[4]

Aurora started 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, Polar Airlines) to create a single far-eastern airline for Russia.^[17]

Key people

As of October 2016^[update], Konstantin Sukhorebrik was the CEO.^[18]

Destinations

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] Harbin.^[21]

Codeshare agreements

Aurora has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

Current

The Aurora fleet comprises the following aircraft:^[25]

Aurora fleet
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
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

Aurora previously operated the following aircraft:^[27]

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ 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

Media related to Aurora at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Chinese, English, and Russian)

Aeroflot

Part of the SkyTeam alliance

Subsidiaries

Active	Pobeda Rossiya
Inactive	Dobrolet Donavia Orenair SAT Airlines Vladivostok Air
Exited	Aurora Nordavia (now Smartavia)

Fleet

Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 31 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 Flight 2420 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

Airlines of Russia

Full-service

Major	Aeroflot Rossiya Airlines S7 Airlines Ural Airlines Utair
Minor	Alrosa Aurora Azimuth IrAero NordStar Yakutia Airlines Yamal Airlines

Low-cost/budget

Leisure

Regional

Charter

International	I-Fly
Regional	AeroBratsk Dexter Air Taxi Jet Express Airlines Jet-2000 Kazan Air Enterprise Kosmos Airlines Lukiaviatrans LUKoil-Avia Sibia Simargl Air Company Sirius-Aero Smolenskaerotrans

Cargo

Defunct

Full-service

Major	Domodedovo Airlines Interavia Airlines Kras Air Moskovia Airlines Transaero VIM Airlines Vnukovo Airlines
Minor	Atlant-Soyuz Airlines Baikal Airlines BAL Bashkirian Airlines Dalavia Globus Airlines Kavminvodyavia Kuban Airlines Pulkovo Airlines Saratov Airlines Vladivostok Air

Low-cost

Regional

Charter

International	Center-South Metrojet Orenair Royal Flight Vyborg Airlines
Regional	Alania Airlines Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines Chernomor-Avia Estar Avia Grozny Avia Ryazanaviatrans Skol Airlines Solaris Airlines Transeuropean Airlines Tuva Airlines Zonalnoye Air Enterprise