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Royal Flight Airlines (russian: АО «Авиакомпания «Роял Флайт»), formerly Abakan-Avia (russian: ЗАО «Авиакомпания «Абакан-Авиа»), was a
charter airline Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a airline ticket, ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad h ...
based in
Abakan Abakan (russian: Абака́н, p=ɐbɐˈkan; Khakas: , ''Ağban''/, ''Abaxan'') is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. A ...
,
Republic of Khakassia Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...
, Russia. It operated charter services between Russian cities and various holiday destinations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. Its main base was the
Abakan Airport Abakan International Airport (russian: Международный Аэропорт Абакан, ) is an airport located in Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, Russia. The airport is located to the north of the city not far from the city limits. City ...
(ABA).


History

The airline was established in 1992 as Abakan-Avia and started operations in 1993. It was established from a former
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 ...
unit, and started domestic cargo flights in 1993 and international flights in 1994. Sobol acquired a 70% share in 1999. It had 76 employees (at March 2007). In 2002 a proposed
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with
RusAir AtlasJet (ex-Rusair) was an airline with its headquarters in Moscow, Russia. It provided charter services and business flights, aviation management and project support. It also offered international medevac services. History The airline was es ...
failed. In July 2014, it was purchased by Russian tour operator Coral Travel and renamed Royal Flight Airlines on 11 July 2014. In May 2022, Royal Flight ceased all operations.


Destinations

As of July 2019, Royal Flight operates to the following destinations:


Fleet

As of March 2022, the Royal Flight fleet consisted of the following aircraft:


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