In the past two years, airlines in Eastern Siberia were marked increase fleet . Partially update comes at the expense of regional budgets. In late February, twenty-five years after the break at the airport Chita met new dvadtsatidvuhmestny Czech L- 410. Purchase cost of 200 million rubles. The only regional company " Aeroservis " up to this point was available to only three " maize " An-2 and provided services in regional aviation. Despite the fact that , according to official government information Trans-Baikal Territory , L- 410 could begin to passenger traffic in April , while any flight he did not perform .
New court also entered Irkutsk airline "Angara" , have today the most extensive fleet . It has 24 units of three AN-148 , AN- 24, seven , three AN-26 -100, two AN- 2 and eleven Mi-8 helicopters . Lease agreements with the company " Ilyushin Finance Co. " Carrier concluded with the participation of the Irkutsk Oblast budget , and in 2012 the region received three AN-148 . New short-haul aircraft to " Angara " exploited only two airlines . According to the Ministry of Transport of the Irkutsk region in 2012 and 2013 to pay part of leasing fees from the budget of the region , the company received 231 million rubles. In addition, for the same purpose in the region this year plans to send another 280 million rubles.
As in the case of the Trans-Baikal region, as large investments are made in new technology for the first time in many years . Previously, the company operated aircraft produced in the seventies and eighties of the last century. Not far behind its neighbors and the Republic of Buryatia. In 2013, a young aviation company " PANH " based in Ulan-Ude, acquired light aircraft Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, designed for 9 persons , as well as An -148 adapted for takeoff and landing on the ground. Now available are three of the Cessna 208, twelve An-2 and two new L- 410 , which arrived at the base airport on April 22. The cost of one " Eelke " 190 million rubles. Together with the " Buryat Airlines ", passed through bankruptcy 13 years ago and resumed flights in 2010, flies in the Republic of Buryatia, and in Trans-Baikal Territory and northern areas of the Irkutsk region.
"Buryat Airlines" , unlike colleagues until got a new transport. Enterprise fleet includes nine units : four AN- 24 and five Mi-8 helicopters . The second largest number of aircraft carrier in Eastern Siberia " IrAero " is also not seen in the transactions with the new aircraft. The company has five passenger An-24 cargo- three AN-26 -100, family freighter aircraft An-26 , as well as six CRJ- 200 Bombardier Regional Aircraft. Recently the media reported about the planned purchase of aircraft Boeing. In addition, last year's " IrAero " signed a contract with the Corporation "Irkut" about buying ten built MS-21.
According to the portal russianplanes.ru, the average age of aircraft in the " Buryat Airlines " is 37.2 years . Slightly less than the average length of the park " IrAero " and " Angara " , numbering 32.6 and 31.7 , respectively. Chita " AeroService " spotters counted only new L- 410 , and as a result the average age of its fleet was 0.4 years .
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