JSC Dalavia (Russian: ОАО «Дальавиа»), also known as Dalavia — Far Eastern Airways (Russian: Дальавиа «Дальневосточные Авиалинии») was an airline based in Khabarovsk, Russia. It operated scheduled and charter flights within Russia, and international flights to Asia. Its main base was Khabarovsk Novy Airport.[1] The Russian Government suspended its traffic rights in October 2008.[2]
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the resultant breakup of Aeroflot, Khabarovsk Aviation Enterprise continued to operate under Aeroflot codes and in Aeroflot livery, in return for a licensing fee. On 29 March 1999, the airline began operations to Seoul in South Korea from Khabarovsk under its own codes, and with the new name of Dalavia.[4] In December 1999 the airline started operating the route Khabarovsk-Bangkok-Singapore on a once-weekly basis.[5]
Dalavia carried 621,405 passenger in 2004, an increase of 9.1% over the previous year. Of this, some 135,792 passengers were carried on the airline's international route network.[7] This year the airline was given recognition as the best domestic airline in Russia in the Wings of Russia competition.[8]
On 26 January 2009, Rosaviatsiya cancelled the air operator's certificate of Dalavia.[11] On 9 June 2009, the Arbitration Court of Khabarovsk Krai declared Dalavia bankrupt with debts almost twice the amount of its assets. Its accounts payables totalled some 1.7 billion rubles and wages for employees exceeded 350 million roubles. According to presidential decree, after the bankruptcy Dalavia was transferred to Russian Technologies when it was planned for Dalavia to enter the structure of Rosavia.[12]
Destinations
Dalavia operated scheduled and chartered flights to the following (as of December 2008):[13][14]
