Sayany Airlines
# Sayany Airlines

Sayany Airlines was an airline with its headquarters in Irkutsk and with hubs in Chita and Irkutsk.

## History

The airline was one of the first non-Aeroflot divided airlines. The airline's fleet consisted mostly from Tupolev Tu-154. In 2001, the contract of the operator of the airline was cancelled, which lead to the destinations ceasing, but the airline completely closed in 2002.

## Destinations

Till the airline's closing it operated several routes:

* China
   * Beijing - Beijing Capital International Airport
   * Harbin - Harbin Taiping International Airport
   * Manzhouli - Manzhouli Xijiao Airport
* Russia
   * Blagoveshchensk - Ignatyevo Airport
   * Irkutsk - International Airport Irkutsk hub
   * Chara - Chara Airport
   * Chita - Kadala Airport hub
   * Khabarovsk - Khabarovsk Novy Airport
   * Krasnoyarsk-
      * Cheremshanka Airport (till 1999)
      * Yemelyanovo International Airport
   * Moscow -
      * Domodedovo International Airport
      * Vnukovo International Airport (till 2000)
   * Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
   * Tomsk - Bogashevo Airport
   * Vladivostok - Vladivostok International Airport
   * Ulan-Ude - Mukhino Airport
* Mongolia
   * Ulanbaatar - Chinggis Khaan International Airport

## Fleet

The Tomskavia fleet included the following aircraft in February 2002:

* 1 Antonov An-24 (used for regional flights)
* 3 Tupolev Tu-154B-2 (2 to Chitaavia, since 2005 stored in Kadala Airport)
* 2 Tupolev Tu-154M (one to Alrosa, one to Atlant-Soyuz Airlines)
