4R ABG Commenced operations 1993 Headquarters Abakan, Russia Fleet size 9 | ABG ABAKAN-AVIA Hubs Abakan Airport Founded 1992 | |
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Ceased operations 2014 (re-branded as Royal Flight) Hub Sheremetyevo International Airport | ||
JSC "Abakan-Avia" (Russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Абакан-Авиа») was a national airline of Khakassia based in Abakan, Russia. It operated cargo trunk services within Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as relief flights for the United Nations. Its main bases were Abakan Airport (ABA) and El Obeid Airport, Sudan.
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History
The airline was established in 1992 and started operations in 1993. It was established from a former Aeroflot unit, and started domestic cargo flights in 1993 and international flights in 1994. Sobol acquired a 70% share in 1999. It had 76 employees (at March 2007). In 2002 a proposed merger with RusAir failed. In July 2014 it was purchased by Russian tour operator Coral Travel and renamed to Royal Flight Airlines on 11 July 2014.
Fleet
As of November 2012 the Abakan Avia fleet included: