OJSC "SAT Airlines — Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy" (Russian: Сахалинские Авиатрассы), commonly known as SAT Airlines, was an airline based in Sakhalin, Russia. It provided scheduled regional air services in Russia's Far East and to destinations in China, South Korea and Japan. Other services included charter flights, search and rescue operations, firefighting and aerial patrols. Its main base was Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport.

The airline was amalgamated with Vladivostok Air to form new carrier Aurora in October 2013, with the new company retaining the airline designator codes of SAT Airlines.

History

The Joint Stock Company, Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy — SAT Airlines was established as a result of the reorganisation of the Sakhalin United Detachment. It was established and started operations on 20 April 1992. Its sole owner was the Government of the Russian Federation. It employed 574 staff.

Destinations

In October 2013, SAT Airlines operated flights to the following destinations:^[1]^[2]

China

Japan

Sapporo - New Chitose Airport

Russia

Iturup Island - Burevestnik Airport
Blagoveshchensk - Ignatyevo Airport
Khabarovsk - Khabarovsk Novy Airport Focus City
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport^[3]
Okha - Okha Airport
Vladivostok - Vladivostok International Airport
Yuzhno-Kurilsk - Yuzhno-Kurilsk Airport
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport Hub

South Korea

Seoul - Incheon International Airport

Fleet

In October 2013, SAT Airlines' fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[4]

**SAT Airlines Fleet**
Aircraft	In Fleet	Passengers			Notes
Aircraft	In Fleet	B	E	Total	Notes
Antonov An-12	2	Cargo
Antonov An-24RV	3	—	40	40
Boeing 737-200	2	8	101	109
Boeing 737-500	1	8	102	110
Bombardier Dash 8-200	2	—	37	37
Bombardier Dash 8-300	2	—	50	50
Ilyushin 62M	1	12	156	168
Total	13

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Aeroflot

Part of the SkyTeam alliance

Subsidiaries

Active	Pobeda Rossiya
Inactive	Dobrolet Donavia Orenair SAT Airlines Vladivostok Air
Exited	Aurora Nordavia (now Smartavia)

Fleet

Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 31 (1955) 1957 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 (1976) Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

Airlines of Russia

Full-service

Major	Aeroflot Rossiya Airlines S7 Airlines Ural Airlines Utair
Minor	Alrosa Aurora Azimuth IrAero NordStar Yakutia Airlines Yamal Airlines

Low-cost/budget

Leisure

Regional

Charter

International	I-Fly
Regional	AeroBratsk Dexter Air Taxi Jet Express Airlines Jet-2000 Kazan Air Enterprise Kosmos Airlines Lukiaviatrans LUKoil-Avia Sibia Simargl Air Company Sirius-Aero Smolenskaerotrans

Cargo

Defunct

Full-service

Major	Domodedovo Airlines Interavia Airlines Kras Air Moskovia Airlines Transaero VIM Airlines Vnukovo Airlines
Minor	Atlant-Soyuz Airlines Baikal Airlines BAL Bashkirian Airlines Dalavia Globus Airlines Kavminvodyavia Kuban Airlines Pulkovo Airlines Saratov Airlines Vladivostok Air

Low-cost

Regional

Charter

International	Center-South Metrojet Orenair Royal Flight Vyborg Airlines
Regional	Alania Airlines Artel Staratelei "Amur" Airlines Chernomor-Avia Estar Avia Grozny Avia Ryazanaviatrans Skol Airlines Solaris Airlines Transeuropean Airlines Tuva Airlines Zonalnoye Air Enterprise

Executive

Aeroflot-Plus

Cargo

Alliances

AiRUnion

Other

Babyflot

By number of passengers

History

Destinations

Fleet

See also

References

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