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]
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^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.
^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)