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| Founded | 1998 [2] | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Irkutsk, Russia [5] | ||||||
Sayany Airlines was an airline with its headquarters in Irkutsk and with hubs in Chita and Irkutsk.
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.
Till the airline's closing it operated several routes:
China 
Russia 
Mongolia The Tomskavia fleet included the following aircraft in February 2002: [6]
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