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Vologda Aviation Enterprise

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Vologda Air Company
IATA ICAO Call sign
— VGV VOLOGDA AIR
Founded1931
HubsVologda
Fleet size12
Destinations6
HeadquartersVologda
WebsiteOfficial website
Yakovlev Yak-40

Joint-Stock Company "Vologda Aviation Enterprise", doing business as Vologda Air Company (VAC, Вологодское авиапредприятие, Vologodskoje aviapredprijatije), is an airline with its head office on the property of Vologda Airport in Vologda, Russia.[1] It operates scheduled domestic and regional passenger services. It was formerly the Aeroflot Vologda division, United Air Detachment of Northern Territorial Board of Civil Aviation (1952–1963), Vologda United Air Detachment (1963–1991) and Vologda Air Company (1991–present).

The airline also has branches located on the properties of the airports serving Belozersk, Kichmengsky Gorodok, Nikolsk, Nyuksenitsa, Totma, Veliky Ustyug, and Vytegra. These branches are not legal divisions of the company.[1]

At any one time they have an average of 1500 staff working there.[2]

It is currently banned from flying into the European Union.[3]

History

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On 1 September 1931 there was the first flight through the new air-strip at Vologda – Moscow-Yaroslavl-Vologda-Archangelsk.

To make best use of their new manmade landing strips, they received their Yak-40 aircraft in 1969 which spurred development. In 1978 they moved to a new airfield.[2]

Services

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The airline carries out scheduled and charter passenger and emergency services, aerial thermal imaging and photography, search-and-rescue and aerial patrol flights

Destinations

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The airline operates scheduled flights to following destinations:[4]

 Moscow /  Moscow Oblast
 Leningrad Oblast /  Saint Petersburg
 Vologda Oblast

Past Destinations

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 Arkhangelsk Oblast
 Belgorod Oblast

Fleet

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As February 2025 Vologda Air Enterprise operates following fleet:[6]

Kostroma Air Enterprise fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Antonov An-2 3 — [7]
Yakovlev Yak-40 5 — [8]
Mil Mi-8T 13 — [9]
Mil Mi-8AMT 4 — [9]
Mil Mi-8MTV-1 1 — [9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About us." Vologda Aviation Enterprise. Retrieved on 10 June 2012. "Vologda Air Company (VAC) has its main office at the Vologda airport (Airport, Vologda 160015, Russia)[...]" – Address in Russian: "160015, г.Вологда, Аэропорт"
  2. ^ a b "avia35". www.avia.vologda.ru.
  3. ^ "The EU Air Safety List - European Commission". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
  4. ^ "Расписание полётов". avia35.ru. АО "Вологодское авиационное предприятие". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b "С февраля Архангельск и Вологду связывает регулярное авиасообщение". region29.ru. Сетевое издание «Информационное агентство „Регион 29“. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Наш авиапарк". avia35.ru. АО "Вологодское авиационное предприятие". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Ан-2". avia35.ru. АО "Вологодское авиационное предприятие". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Як-40". avia35.ru. АО "Вологодское авиационное предприятие". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b c "Ми-8". avia35.ru. АО "Вологодское авиационное предприятие". Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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