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Hubs
  
Kyzyl Airport

Headquarters
  
Kyzyl

Hub
  
Kyzyl Airport

Destinations
  
7

Founded
  
1992

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Tuva Airlines (Russian: ОАО «Тувинские Авиалинии», OAO «Tuvinskije Avialinii») is an airline based in Kyzyl, in the Russian federal republic of Tuva.

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History

The airline was established and started operations in 1932 as a division of Aeroflot. It was privatised in 1992. It is owned by the state (51%) and the airline employees (49%).

In 1994 the airline's director general Anatoly Martshekhi was found dead in his bath, in an apparent organised crime killing.

Destinations

Tuva Airlines operated the following services as of January 2012:

 Russia
  • Chamsara - Chamsara Airport
  • Irkutsk - Irkutsk Airport
  • Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport
  • Kyzyl - Kyzyl Airport base
  • Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
  • Todzha - Todzha Airport
  • Ulan-Ude - Ulan-Ude Airport
  • Yrban - Yrban Airport
  • Terminated Routes

     Russia
  • Moscow -
  • Sheremetyevo International Airport since 1995
  • Domodedovo International Airport since 2000
  • St. Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport since 2000
  • Fleet

  • Antonov An-2
  • Yakovlev Yak-40
  • Sukhoi Superjet 100 (10 aircraft since 2016)
  • References

    Tuva Airlines Wikipedia