KOLPASHEVO STATE AIRLINE (KOLPASHEVSKOE GAP): Lazo Str. 6, Tomsk Area, Kolpashevo, West Siberian Zone, 636420, Russia; Phone 7 (38254) 75200; Fax 7 (38254) 23761; Code KSAE; Year Founded 1992. KSA is established at Kolpashevo in 1992 to offer domestic and regional scheduled passenger services. Karmil Kuzmin is CEO and he begins revenue flights with a fleet that comprises 5 Yakovlev Yak-40s, 15 Antonov An-28s, 47 An-2 biplanes, and a large rotary-wing contingent of 37 Mil Mi-8/17s and 7 Mi-2s.
KOLYMA AVIA ENTERPRISE (KOLIMA AVIA AVIAPREDRIY-ATIE): Keki Magadaski 7, Magadan Nagberzhenaya, Magadan Zone, 685000, Russia; Phone 7 (41322) 24464; Fax 7 (41322) 21082; Code KLI; Year Founded 1994. KAE is formed at the beginning of 1994 to provide ad hoc all-cargo services throughout the region. V. R. Yefest, the new general director, begins revenue flights with an all-Antonov fleet, comprising an unspecified number of An-24s and An-26s.
While on its takeoff roll from Omsukchan on February 1, an An-24B with 5 crew and 48 passengers, veers right and crashes into a 1.2-m.-high mound of plowed snow; although the aircraft is badly damaged, there are no fatalities.
Flights continue in 1995-1996 with a fleet that comprises 10 An-24s and 2 An-26s.
On January 25, 1997, an An-26 with 6 crew and 24 passengers makes an incredibly bad landing at Chorkurdah. The aircraft is actually put down alongside the runway and then goes across it to come to rest against a building. Although the turboprop must be written off, there are no fatalities.
Flights continue during the remainder of the year. In 1998, customer bookings reach 540,000.
Service is maintained in 1999-2000.
KOMANDOR AERO AIR COMPANY (KOMANDOR AERO A/K): Chubarov St. 14/8, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Kamchatka, 683000, Russia; Phone 7 (41500) 61210; Year Founded 1994. KAAC is established at Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, in 1994 to offer regional third-level flights. Yu B. Levtiski is named general director and he commences revenue services with four Let L-410s. Flights continue.
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