Chitaavia was an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Chita, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It operated scheduled passenger and cargo services, as well as aerial work. Its main base was Kadala Airport

Kadala Airport

Chita Kadala Airport is an airport in Russia located 10 km west of Chita. It accommodates all types of airliners.-Airlines and destinations:...

. The airline was acquired by VIM Airlines

VIM Airlines

VIM Avia, commonly known as VIM Airlines, is an airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating international scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights out of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, as well as offering aircraft wet lease.-History:...

 in 2004.

Code data

• IATA Code: X7
• ICAO Code: CHF
• Callsign: Chita

History

The airline was established in 1991 from the Aeroflot

Aeroflot

OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...

 Chita Division. It was announced in April 1998 that Chitaavia and Baikal Airlines

Baikal Airlines

OJSC "Baikal Airlines Flight 130" was an airline based in Irkutsk, Russia.- History :The airline was initially created as a sister company of Baikalavia, which was in turn a subsidiary of Aeroflot, following its mid-1992 reorganisation process....

 would merge into a single entity as part of a three year economic and social co-operation agreement between Irkutsk

Irkutsk Oblast

Irkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:...

 and Chita Oblasts. However, in September 1998, Baikal Airlines was declared bankrupt.

VIM Airlines

VIM Airlines

VIM Avia, commonly known as VIM Airlines, is an airline based in Moscow, Russia, operating international scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights out of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, as well as offering aircraft wet lease.-History:...

, at the end of 2004 acquired Chitaavia.

Fleet

The Chitaavia fleet included the following aircraft (at August 2006):

• 1 Tupolev Tu-154B-2
  Tupolev Tu-154
  The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...