Kamchatka Air Enterprise

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise is a passenger airline with the main base in Yelizovo Airport, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. 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.^[1] In 2020, it became part of Russia's Aurora, along with four other airlines.^[2][3]

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise

IATA ICAO Call sign - PTK PETROKAM
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Hubs	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport
Fleet size	9
Headquarters	Yelizovo, Russia

It is currently banned from flying into European Union airspace.^[4]

Fleet

An-26B-100

The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise fleet included the following aircraft in July 2021:^[5]

Aircraft	In Fleet	Notes
Antonov An-26	1
Antonov An-26B	3
Antonov An-28	1	One crashed as Flight 251
Let L-410 Turbolet	2	stopped operations[6]
Yakovlev Yak-40	1
Yakovlev Yak-40K	4	Cargo
Total	12

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 airfield.^[7]
• 16 April 2011: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 123 - A Yak-40 (registration: RA-88241) sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Ust-Kamchatsk. 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.^[8] 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 (registration: RA-28715) crashed on approach to Palana; 10 people out of 14 occupants on board died.^[9]
• 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.^[10]