Aurora (airline)

For the defunct airline, see Aurora Airlines.
Aurora
IATA ICAO Call sign
HZ SHU AURORA
FoundedNovember 2013 (2013-11)
Commenced operations8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
Operating bases
Hubs
Fleet size19
Destinations32[1]
Parent companySakhalin Region Development Corporation
HeadquartersYuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Key people
  • Konstantin Sukhorebrik (CEO)
Websiteflyaurora.ru/en/

Aurora (Russian: Аврора) is a Russian airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast.[2] It operates domestic and international flights in the Russian Far East region. It is named after the Russian cruiser Aurora.[3][4]

History

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Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in September 2013.[4][5][6] Originally called Taiga, it combined Vladivostok Air and SAT Airlines.[5][6] SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Avia served 42 and 15 destinations respectively, and had a combined fleet of 24 fixed-wing aircraft, along with 11 helicopters.[4]

Aurora began operations on 8 December 2013 serving the Khabarovsk – Krasnoyarsk-Yemelyanovo route.[7][8][9][10] The carrier's first aircraft was an Airbus A319, with a new aircraft livery.[11] In December 2015, the airline received the first of three Bombardier Q400 aircraft it had on order.[12]

Aurora was 51%-owned by Aeroflot, with the regional government of Sakhalin Oblast holding the balance.[4][13] An initial investment of RUB 430 million was provided by Aeroflot through a loan.[14] In December 2020, Aeroflot sold its 51% stake in Aurora to Sakhalin Region Development Corporation for ₽1.[15][16] In 2022, Aurora was merged with five Russian regional airlines – Khabarovsk Airlines, Chukotavia, Kamchatka Air Enterprise, Yakutia Airlines, and Polar Airlines – to create a single far-eastern airline for Russia.[17]

Key people

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As of October 2016, Konstantin Sukhorebrik was the CEO.[18]

Destinations

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The airline serves two countries on 41 routes.[1][19]

As of April 2024, Aurora flies internationally from its three bases located in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. The international network includes Beijing-Daxing[20] and Harbin[21] airports in China.

Codeshare agreements

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Aurora has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

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Current

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Aurora Airbus A319-100

The Aurora fleet comprises the following aircraft:[25]

Aurora fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 8 — 128
Bombardier Dash 8-200 2 — 37 Used on Charter Flights
Bombardier Dash 8-300 1 — 50
Bombardier Dash 8-400 5 — 70
de Havilland Canada DHC-6-400 3 — 19
Ilyushin Il-114 — 19[citation needed] TBA
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 — 8 87 To be delivered in 2026.[citation needed]
Yakovlev MC-21-310 — 10[26] TBA To be delivered from late-2027 to 2030.[26]
Total 19 37

Historic

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Aurora previously operated the following aircraft:[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aurora on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  2. ^ "Aurora". CAPA.
  3. ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (11 November 2015). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airlines wins IOSA approval". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "New Aurora Airline Set to Serve Far East". The Moscow Times. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b Borodina, Polina (13 June 2013). "Aeroflot to launch Far East subsidiary in 3Q". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b Borodina, Polina (10 September 2013). "Russia's Aeroflot creates Far East subsidiary Taiga Airline". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Aurora Begins Khabarovsk – Karsnoyarsk [sic] Service from Dec 2013". Airline Route. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  8. ^ Baklitskaya, Kate (7 November 2013). "New airline offers the world a route to some of Russia's remotest and most exotic destinations". The Siberian Times. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Russian airline brand Aurora turns to Landor Associates for brand strategy and identity". The Drum. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Aeroflot Presented New Subsidiary – United Far Eastern Airline "Aurora"" (Press release). Aeroflot. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.
  11. ^ Borodina, Polina (6 November 2013). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline set to launch operations". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013.
  12. ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (4 May 2016). "Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline 1Q traffic up 22%". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016.
  13. ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (9 June 2015). "Russia's Aurora Airline to double passengers, fleet in 2018". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
  14. ^ Borodina, Polina (25 October 2013). "Aeroflot provides a $13.5 million loan for Far East subsidiary". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
  15. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (17 December 2020). "Aeroflot Group to divest eastern carrier Aurora". FlightGlobal.
  16. ^ "Aeroflot Sells Subsidiary To Boost Russian Far East Air Transport". Aviation Week & Space Technology. 23 December 2020.
  17. ^ VENCKUNAS, VALIUS (21 October 2022). "Three more Russian airlines to join massive far-East merger". Aerotime.
  18. ^ Montag-Girmes, Polina (17 October 2016). "Aurora Airline predicts traffic will increase 20% in 2016". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Aurora Flights and Destinations - FlightConnections". www.flightconnections.com.
  20. ^ "Aurora Adds Seasonal Sakhalinsk – Beijing Service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Авиакомпания "Аврора" увеличивает количество рейсов из Южно-Сахалинска в Харбин". www.flyaurora.ru. Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Авиакомпания "Аврора" объявила о запуске регулярных рейсов по маршруту Якутск — Улан-Удэ". NewsYkt. 7 January 2022.
  23. ^ Liu, Jim (29 September 2016). "Aurora / S7 Airlines expands codeshare network in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  24. ^ Liu, Jim (18 January 2018). "Aurora adds Vladivostok – Beijing route from Jan 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  25. ^ "Fleet". Aurora. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Aurora Airlines expects to receive ten MS-21 aircraft by 2030". Aviation21.ru. 9 September 2023.
  27. ^ "Russia's Aurora ends B737 operations". ch-aviation. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017.
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