Yak-Service was an airline

Airline

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 based in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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. It operates executive passenger charters. It was established on 12 February 1993 and started operations on 25 November 1993. The airline was banned from operating with the EU from 24 July 2009 to November 2009.

On 21 September 2011, the airline had it's licence revoked by Rosaviatsiya in the wake of the crash in Yaroslavl.

Fleet

The Yak-Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 3 Yakovlev Yak-40
  Yakovlev Yak-40
  The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...
  
  
• 1 Yakovlev Yak-42
  Yakovlev Yak-42
  The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet...
  
  , RA-42387;

Former fleet

• 1 Yakovlev Yak-42D, RA-42434, c/n 4520424305017; crashed September 7, 2011, with 44 confirmed fatalities

Accidents and incidents

On 7 September 2011 at 15:50 MSK, RA-42434 Yak-42 crashed on take-off

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred at 16:05 MT on Wednesday, 7 September 2011, when a Yak-Service Yakovlev Yak-42, carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl...

 from Tunoshna Airport

Tunoshna Airport

Tunoshna is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia located 18 km southeast of Yaroslavl. It services medium-sized airliners. It does not serve any scheduled airlines....

, Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

, Russia

Russia

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, and was destroyed, killing all but two aboard. The plane had been chartered to carry the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Hockey Club Lokomotiv , also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Yaroslavl. The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator....

 KHL hockey team, killing all of them.

Sources

• Yak Service on Aviation Safety Network
  Aviation Safety Network
  -External links:**...
  
  
• EUR-Lex, "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2009"; EU Commission Banning Yak Service (See note 108)
• Yak Service Official site