Komiaviatrans obtained a license to start flying to Europe

Komiaviatrans, a carrier active in the Komi Republic of Russia, has obtained a license from the Russian aviation authorities to start flying to Europe, with Tallinn named as a potential destination.

The license obtained enables the company to fly from the Komi Republic to countries of Europe. For instance, the company can fly to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Tallinn and Baku with a stopover in St. Petersburg, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Transport said.

In addition Komiaviatrans is planning new services within Russia and will launch a Syktyvkar-Sochi service with a landing in Perm still this month. Service on the Syktyvkar-Kazan route is to start in 2016.

To serve the new operations, the company is planning to lease two more Embraer ERJ-145 jets shortly.

At the beginning of this year Komiaviatrans started direct regular flights from Syktyvkar, capital of the Komi Republic, to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Perm, Kirov and Naryan-Mar. The company also operates services between Uhta and Moscow and between Usinsk and Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ufa. In the summer flights are operated from Syktyvkar to Krasnodar, Anapa and Mineralnyie Vody.

Komiaviatrans is active mainly in the Komi Republic and in the Nenets and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous regions in north-central Russia and it operates the airports of Syktyvkar, Uhta, Sinsk, Vorkuta, Pechora, Vuktyl, Ust-Tsilma and Inta. The company's fleet is made up 60 Mi-8 and Mi-2 helicopters, four L-410 and four Embraer ERJ-145 planes.