Aurora (airline)

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Aurora
Aurora airline logo.svg
Airbus A319 Aurora Airlines pushback in Vladivostok Airport.jpg
Aurora Airbus A319-100
IATA ICAO Call sign
HZSHUAURORA
FoundedNovember 2013 (2013-11)
Commenced operations8 December 2013 (2013-12-08)
Operating bases
Hubs
Fleet size19
Destinations32 [1]
Parent company Sakhalin Region Development Corporation
Headquarters Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Key people
  • Konstantin Sukhorebrik (CEO)
Website flyaurora.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] As of June 2025, the airline is banned from flying into the EU like all other Russian airlines. [5]

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History

Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in September 2013. [4] [6] [7] Originally called Taiga, it combined Vladivostok Air and SAT Airlines. [6] [7] 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. [8] [9] [10] [11] The carrier's first aircraft was an Airbus A319-100, with a new aircraft livery. [12] In December 2015, the airline received the first of three Bombardier Q400 aircraft it had on order. [13]

Aurora was 51%-owned by Aeroflot, with the regional government of Sakhalin Oblast holding the balance. [4] [14] An initial investment of RUB  430 million was provided by Aeroflot through a loan. [15] In December 2020, Aeroflot sold its 51% stake in Aurora to Sakhalin Region Development Corporation for ₽1. [16] [17] 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. [18]

Key people

As of October 2016, Konstantin Sukhorebrik was the CEO. [19]

Destinations

The airline serves[ when? ] two countries on 41 routes. [1] [20]

As of April 2024, Aurora flies internationally from its three bases located in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. The international network includes Beijing-Daxing, [21] Harbin [22] and Shanghai-Pudong [23] airports in China.

Codeshare agreements

Aurora has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet

Current fleet

Aurora Airbus A319-100 Aurora, VP-BWK, Airbus A319-111.jpg
Aurora Airbus A319-100

As of August 2025, Aurora operates the following aircraft: [28]

Aurora fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Airbus A319-100 8—128
Bombardier Dash 8-200 2—37Used 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 —887To be delivered in 2026.[ citation needed ]
Yakovlev MC-21-310 —10 [29] TBATo be delivered from late 2027 to 2030. [29]
Total1937

Former fleet

Aurora previously operated the following aircraft: [30]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "New Aurora Airline Set to Serve Far East". The Moscow Times . 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "The EU Air Safety List" (PDF). European Commission. 3 June 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. ↑ "Aurora Begins Khabarovsk – Karsnoyarsk[sic] Service from Dec 2013". Airline Route. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Aeroflot Presented New Subsidiary – United Far Eastern Airline "Aurora"" (Press release). Aeroflot. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ Kaminski-Morrow, David (17 December 2020). "Aeroflot Group to divest eastern carrier Aurora". FlightGlobal .
  17. ↑ "Aeroflot Sells Subsidiary To Boost Russian Far East Air Transport" . Aviation Week & Space Technology . 23 December 2020.
  18. ↑ VENCKUNAS, VALIUS (21 October 2022). "Three more Russian airlines to join massive far-East merger". Aerotime.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "Aurora Flights and Destinations - FlightConnections". www.flightconnections.com.
  21. ↑ "Aurora Adds Seasonal Sakhalinsk – Beijing Service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  22. ↑ "Авиакомпания "Аврора" увеличивает количество рейсов из Южно-Сахалинска в Харбин". www.flyaurora.ru. Aurora Airlines. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  23. ↑ Строева, Вероника (12 November 2025). "Хабаровск - Шанхай: авиакомпания "Аврора" запустит новые рейсы". Дальневосточное обозрение (in Russian). Amur Media. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  24. 1 2 "Авиакомпания "Аврора" объявила о запуске регулярных рейсов по маршруту Якутск — Улан-Удэ". NewsYkt. 7 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "Korean Air / Aurora begins codeshare partnership from July 2018". Routesonline. 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  26. ↑ Liu, Jim (29 September 2016). "Aurora / S7 Airlines expands codeshare network in W16". Routesonline. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  27. ↑ Liu, Jim (18 January 2018). "Aurora adds Vladivostok – Beijing route from Jan 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  28. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Aurora". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 71.
  29. 1 2 "Aurora Airlines expects to receive ten MS-21 aircraft by 2030". Aviation21.ru. 9 September 2023.
  30. ↑ "Russia's Aurora ends B737 operations". ch-aviation. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017.

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