Vostok Airlines

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The Vostok Aviation was founded and put into operation on May 15, 1945 as 264 Squadron of Aeroflot's Far East branch. Khabarovsk was founded on 30 June 1993 as a joint-stock company[1][4] The carrier is held by the Khabarovsk local government (51%) and the airline's staff (49%). Business summary".

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VOSTOK Aviation Company Profile

• The 264th Special Purpose Aviation Division is founded in Khabarovsk. 264thAviation Division for Special Purpose is regarded as the forerunner of VOSTOK Aviation Company. At that time, the Aviation division comprised 9 aircrafts, which were replaced by models such as the Po-2, P-5 and S-2. In Khabarovsk region, the Aviation Division carried out significant social missions, transported and returned people from the airport to various community locations, delivering postal and freight to far-flung areas, conducting emergencies and assisting in fire-fighting.
• 264thAviation Division expands with AntonovAn-2, a multi-purpose jet. Crew of the Aerospace Division was sent to Moscow to carry the new plane to Khabarovsk. At -2surpassed Antonov Polikarpov Po-2, who was the leading in aeronautics during this period, with twice as much speed and featuring enclosed cab that held above zero temperature in during the flight. 2.

The 264thAviation Division was re-named 143rdAviation and Maintenance Squadron of Far Eastern Regional Administration of Civil Aviation. Aviation Division 264 was converted with new An-2, Yak-10 and Yak-12 aircrafts and converted to the 143rd A/C.

Two years later, an air traffic control unit became part of the aviation and maintenance squadron and airborne imagery became a new way of flying the squadron. - The 143rd Aviation and Maintenance Squadron put a new airplane model into operation - the Helicopter. Pilot and technician had to quickly become familiar with the operation of previously unfamiliar airplanes, and the economy's need for them grew.

It was able to serve many areas such as the geological, forest, medical and agricultural sectors and enabled the transport of freight with an outside lifting system. 249th Helicopter Division founded. In Khabarovsk, the Ministry of Civil Aviation resolved to set up a central administration of the domestic airport to administer the use of all available helidecks.

This is how the 249th Helicopter Division with up to 12 Helicopter came into being. - 2nd Khabarovsk United Aviation Unit established. United Aviation Unit of Khabarovsk united all planes deployed at Khabarovsk domestic airport, the 143rd United Aviation Unit of Khabarovsk included.

The domestic airport then carried people to 27 cities and villages in the Khabarovsk region and to several locations in neighbouring areas. Up to now, all aircrafts have been serviced under open-air operating instructions. Mi-8 helicopters were added to the Aviation Unit. The Mi-8 is still the most beloved airplane in the whole wide range, although it has been modified many times since its beginnings.

This Aviation Unit operated solely heavy-lift aircrafts in the Far East, carrying out various air traffic and serving the Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuril, Primorje and Tyumen Region area. - A brandnew aerodrome-terminus. At the new air field station, the passengers could be serviced more efficiently. We have upgraded the area of the airfield with a gate, safety storms, a fixed runway and an airplane park.

• The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) has commenced operation. Aviation Unit has begun to meet the needs of the Baikal Amur mainline. The Aviation Unit's crews were awarded at the National Economy Show (VDNKh). - The Aviation Unit got its first international aircraft.

That new plane was the Czechoslovak Let L-410. Aeroflot certifies and certifies it for operation, making it the first plane to be used by national airlines in the USSR. The L-410 was the best airliner for national airlines at that year. - VOSTOK Aviation Company was formally founded.

After the USSR collapsed, the 2nd United Aviation Unit of Khabarovsk went on the stock exchange and was converted into the VOSTOK aviation firm, JSC, which took over the domestic airport and several smaller ones in the Khabarovsk Oblast. It has broadened its range of aircrafts and upgraded its aeronautical gear. At the beginning of the 1990s, the airline began to gain its first experiences internationally when it operated in Colombia with the An-2 lightweight planes and Mi-2s.

VOSTOK started its activities in Malaysia in 1995, where the company's Mi-26 and Mi-8MTV-1 aircraft were active in the field of chopper reporting and carried An-28 aircraft for travel. VOSTOK aviation won a call for tenders to deliver aeronautical engineering solutions during Exxon Neftegaz Limited's Sakhalin-1 project in March. VOSTOK was the first Russian airline to purchase several AntonovAn-38-100 aircraft in October.

Key characteristics of the new aircrafts were lower cab sound levels, improved thermal management, higher speed and the possibility to quickly change from passengers to freight configurations. - Southeast Asia surgeries. The VOSTOK Aviation Companies started its activities in East Timor. In addition to transporting passengers, freight and VIPs, the company's Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters were needed for searching and emergency missions and floating loads using an outside anchorage system.

• Vostok Aviation began providing airlift service to a goldmining enterprise in the Magadan area. The Vostok Aviation began to offer passengers and freight forwarding to the Omolonsk goldmining corporation in the Kubaka area. Situated in the most remote depths of the Magadan area' s magadan tapa terrains, almost 1000 km from Magadan itself, the use of small planes is the best way to get there.

The VOSTOK Aviation Company has begun to offer aviation service in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. VOSTOK Aviation Company's activities covered the transport of various contingents (including army and V.I.P. flights), the delivery of human relief goods, emergency evacuations, SAR surgeries and others. The VOSTOK Aviation Company aircrafts are still the most important means of transport to far-flung regions of these lands due to the absence of land transport network.

We have upgraded the state-of-the-art technology at the ATC. Khabarovsk also had a large repairs of its own canteen, small hotels, hairdresser, health care and gymnasium, saunas and gyms, which work for the staff of the enterprise and the Khabarovsk people. Memorial to An-2 Airplanes was erected at Khabarovsk domestic airfield in October 2009 to remember the aircraft's continued appeal and long operating life.

Antonov An-2 is a lightweight airplane, developed in the USSR in 1946 and then intensely used for the needs of the state. An-2 was discontinued in 2002, making it the longest series of all multi-purpose aircrafts ever made. Nowadays it is mainly used in general air traffic.