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Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2004 (acquired by VIM Airlines) | ||||||
Operating bases | Kadala Airport | ||||||
Headquarters | Chita, Russia |
Chitaavia was an airline based in Chita, Russia. It operated scheduled passenger and cargo services, as well as aerial work, out of its base at Kadala Airport unsing a single aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-154B-2. [2] Founded in 1991, the company was acquired by VIM Airlines in 2004. [3]
The airline was established in 1991 from the Aeroflot Chita Division. It was announced in April 1998 that Chitaavia and Baikal Airlines would merge into a single entity as part of a three-year economic and social co-operation agreement between Irkutsk and Chita Oblasts. However, in September 1998, Baikal Airlines was declared bankrupt.[ citation needed ]
At the end of 2004, VIM Airlines acquired Chitaavia. [4]
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