Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise is a passenger

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with the main base in

Yelizovo airport Elizovo Airport (russian: Аэропорт Елизово) , also known as Yelizovo Airport or Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport, is located in the Russian Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai. Its main runway is long. Mili ...

, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,

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. The airline serves local routes in Kamchatka Krai. Since the end of 2012 it is officially called Kamchatka Aviation/Air Enterprise (in Russian: Камчатское авиационное предприятие) although the old name is also used. In 2020, it became part of Russia's single far-eastern airline, along with four other airlines.

Fleet

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise Antonov An-26B-100

The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise fleet included the following aircraft in July 2021:

Accidents and incidents

*23 September 2001: A Yak-40 (registration: RA-87481) was damaged beyond repair after heavy landing resulting in nosegear-collapse at

Tigil Tigil (russian: Тигиль) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Tigilsky District of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning ...

airfield. *16 April 2011: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 123 - A

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 Yak ...

(registration: RA-88241) sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at

Ust-Kamchatsk Ust-Kamchatsk (russian: Усть-Камча́тск) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Kamchatsky District of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on the eastern shore of the Kamchatka Peninsula at the mouth of ...

. None of the 21 passengers and five crew were injured. The plane took off from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport for a short flight to Ossora Airport. Inclement weather forced the crew to divert to Ust-Kamchatsk. Because weather had not improved, the flight was to return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. During take off on runway 07 the Yak-40 suffered a runway excursion. The right landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest in the snow. As of November 2012 the aircraft has not been reported to be back in service. *12 September 2012: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 - An

Antonov An-28 The Antonov An-28 ( NATO reporting name Cash) is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, developed from the Antonov An-14M. It was the winner of a competition against the Beriev Be-30, for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner. I ...

(registration: RA-28715) crashed on approach to Palana; 10 people out of 14 occupants on board died. *6 July 2021: An AN-26 of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise, also operating as Flight 251, crashed on approach. Wreckage has been found near Palana Airport. There were no survivors among the aircraft's 28 occupants.

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