SAT Airlines explained

Airline:SAT Airlines
Fleet Size:18
Destinations:15
Iata:HZ
Icao:SHU
Callsign:SATAIR
Parent:Aeroflot
Founded:1992
Ceased:2013 (merged into Aurora (airline))
Headquarters:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Key People:
Hubs:Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
Focus Cities:Khabarovsk Novy Airport

OJSC "SAT Airlines — Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy" (Russian: Сахалинские Авиатрассы), commonly known as SAT Airlines, was an airline based in Sakhalin, Russia. It provided scheduled regional air services in Russia's Far East and to destinations in China, South Korea and Japan. Other services included charter flights, search and rescue operations, firefighting and aerial patrols. Its main base was Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport.

The airline was amalgamated with Vladivostok Air to form new carrier Aurora in October 2013, with the new company retaining the airline designator codes of SAT Airlines.

History

The Joint Stock Company, Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy — SAT Airlines was established as a result of the reorganisation of the Sakhalin United Detachment. It was established and started operations on 20 April 1992. Its sole owner was the Government of the Russian Federation. It employed 574 staff.

Destinations

In October 2013, SAT Airlines operated flights to the following destinations:[1] [2]

China
Japan
Russia
South Korea

Fleet

In October 2013, SAT Airlines' fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4]

SAT Airlines Fleet
AircraftIn FleetPassengersNotes
BETotal
Antonov An-122Cargo
Antonov An-24RV34040
Boeing 737-20028101109
Boeing 737-50018102110
Bombardier Dash 8-20023737
Bombardier Dash 8-30025050
Ilyushin 62M112156168
Total13

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Notes and References

  1. http://www2.polets.ru/cgi-bin/sh.pl?Mode=AK&AKIndex=432&AKCode=432 Polet-Sirena
  2. http://www.satairlines.ru/?module=catalog&id=5 SAT Airlines official website timetable
  3. Web site: Авиакомпания САТ с 16 июня 2013г. возобновляет полеты маршруту Хабаровск – Петропавловск-Камчатский – Хабаровск.. SAT Airlines. 15 April 2013.
  4. http://www.satairlines.ru/index.php?mode=showcat&that=18 SAT Airlines Official Website