| Airline: | "Aircompany "SIBIA" ltd ООО «Авиакомпания «СИБИА» |
| Icao: | SBD |
| Callsign: | SIBIA |
| Founded: | 1991 |
| Headquarters: | Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia |
| Key People: | Gennady M. Shironosov (CEO)[1] |
| Hubs: | Kurgan |
| Website: | http://sibia.ucoz.ru/ |
"Aircompany "SIBIA" ltd (Общество с ограниченной ответственностью «Авиакомпания «СИБИА», Obçestvo s ograničennoj otvetstvennostjju «Aviakompanija») is a Russian airline specialising in various forms of aerial work[2] including crop-spraying, medical flights and search-and-rescue. It also provided charter passenger services.[3] In 2007 it was taken over by ChelAvia who mainly deal with airline training/teaching and aircraft sales but who also provide aerial work themselves.[4]
| Aircraft type | Active (February 2013)[5] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | |||
| 1 | with 2012[6] |
On June 1, 2002, the CEO personally vowed to investigate an incident where youths came across and hijacked an Antonov An-2 about to take off in Nagaybaksky District (Chelyabinsk Oblast); they flew it over the town for a while. They were apprehended on landing and later charged.[7]