Company unable to meet FSVT requirements

Published: 6/21/2000

Air transport in the Altai region took another body blow with the announcement by the region's governor Alexander Surikov, that the state-owned State Enterprise Altaisky Airlines, which was created out of the breakup of Barnual Airlines, would be liquidated. The recent break up of the Barnaul State Aviation Enterprise (Barnaul Airlines) led to the creation of three entities: - Aviation company Altai, which received the former air company's Tu-134 and Tu-154s - State Enterprise Altaisky Airlines, which received Barnaul's An-12 and An-2s - Aviation Technical Centre The airline being liquidated is often confused with aviation company Altai, due to the English translation of both companies as Altai Airlines. Aviation company Altai remains in business, successfully operating Barnual Airport and its aircraft in conjunction with Sibir. The reason for State Enterprise Altaisky Airlines's liquidation stem from the FSVT requirement for airlines to have their own technical support facilities, which the airline did not have and contracted from the Aviation Technical Centre. The region, owners of the airline, therefore decided to fold the operations and lease its nine aircraft fleet of An-2 and An-12 to the Aviation Technical Centre to maintain coverage during the important agricultural season.

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