OJSC "Belgorod Air Enterprise" (russian: ОАО «Белгородское авиапредприятие») was a company based in

Belgorod Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics The population of Be ...

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. It was founded in 1995 out of Central Districts Airlines and the

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (russian: ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии", ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; russian: Аэрофлот, , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. The ...

Belgorod Division (as a so-called '' Babyflot''). From 1995 to 2005, it operated domestic charter and scheduled passenger services in central Russia.

History

In 1954, with establishment of

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, the airfield near village of Yachnev Kolodez (nowadays Yachnevo district of Belgorod) was transformed into V-class airport Belgorod. Subsequently, an air unit of 1st air squadron, 170th united air squad from

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, consisting of 3

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aircraft, was dislocated to the new airport. In 1955 it was transformed into Belgorod air squadron of 170th air squad. In 1957, the squadron received airplanes of type

Yakovlev Yak-12 The Yakovlev Yak-12 (russian: Яковлев Як-12, also transcribed as Jak-12, NATO reporting name: "Creek") is a light multirole STOL aircraft used by the Soviet Air Force, Soviet civilian aviation and other countries from 1947 onwards. ...

, and in 1959 -

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. In 1968, it was transformed into Belgorod United Air Squad. It started using

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helicopters in 1976,

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turboprops in 1977 and

Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (russian: Яковлев Як-40; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. Introduced in September 1968, the Ya ...

trijets in 1981. Upon the breakup of the Soviet Union and dissolution of Soviet Aeroflot, in 1994 Belgorod United Air Squad was reorganized into state-owned unitary company “Belgorod State Air Enterprise”, in 2002 into

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“Belgorod Air Enterprise”. The flights were performed on Yak-40 aircraft. In 2005, its own flying division was liquidated, but the company was operating

Belgorod International Airport Belgorod International Airport (russian: Международный Аэропорт Белгород) is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services narrow-body airliners (such as the Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-204, ...

and provided ground services for aircraft that flew there. In 2010, the ownership was transferred from federal government of Russia to government of Belgorod oblast. In March 2017 OJSC "Belgorod Air Enterprise" was declared bankrupt. In 2018, it was liquidated.

Code data

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Code: BED *Callsign: Belogorye

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Belgorod Air Enterprise fleet included six

aircraft.

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, 3–9 October 2006

References

Defunct airlines of Russia Former Aeroflot divisions Airlines established in 1995 Airlines disestablished in 2005 Companies based in Belgorod Oblast {{Russia-airline-stub