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♦ Aeroflot: Northern Civil Aviation Directorate (STU GVF / UGA) │ (Established May 19, 1934 | Headquartered in Leningrad) │ ├───► JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1971: THE GREAT DIVISION SPLIT │ (Split into two separate territorial directorates) │ ├── 1. LENINGRAD CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTORATE (Formed Feb 8, 1971) │ │ │ ├── Leningrad United Aviation Detachment (Shosseynaya / Pulkovo Airport) │ │ ├── Fleet: Heavy long-range jets (Tu-104, Tu-134, Tu-154, Il-86) │ │ └── Post-Soviet: PULKOVO AVIATION ENTERPRISE (Pravda / Pulkovo) │ │ └── 2006: Merged with State Airline Rossiya to form │ │ ► ROSSIYA AIRLINES (Active Aeroflot Group Subsidiary) │ │ │ ├── Rzhevka Aviation Detachment (Leningrad Rzhevka Airport) │ │ ├── Fleet: An-2, An-24, An-28 local feeder lines │ │ └── Post-Soviet: RZHEVKA ENTERPRISE (Defunct 2007) │ │ │ ├── Murmansk United Aviation Detachment (Murmansk Airport) │ │ ├── Fleet: Tu-134, An-24 │ │ └── Post-Soviet: MURMANSK AIRLINES (Defunct 2008) │ │ │ ├── Petrozavodsk Aviation Detachment (Karelia / Besovets Airport) │ │ ├── Fleet: An-24, An-2, Mi-8 │ │ └── Post-Soviet: KARELIAN AIRLINES (Karelskiye Avialinii) (Defunct 2009) │ │ │ └── Pskov Aviation Detachment (Kresty Airport) │ ├── Fleet: An-24, An-26 │ └── Post-Soviet: PSKOVAVIA (Defunct 2021) │ └── 2. ARKHANGELSK CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTORATE (Formed Jan 1, 1971) │ ├── 1st Arkhangelsk United Aviation Detachment (Talagi Airport) │ ├── Fleet: Mainline regional jets & turboprops (Tu-134, An-24) │ └── Post-Soviet: ARKHANGELSK AIRLINES (AVL) │ ├── 2004: Acquired by Lukoil & rebranded to NORDAVIA │ ├── 2011: Sold to Norilsk Nickel / Red Wings group │ └── 2019: Rebranded to ► SMARTAVIA (Active) │ ├── 2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Detachment (Vaskovo Airport) │ ├── Fleet: Bush flying, island transport & Arctic feeder (An-2, L-410, Mi-8) │ └── Post-Soviet: ► 2ND ARKHANGELSK AVIATION ENTERPRISE (Active) │ ├── Kotlas Aviation Detachment (Kotlas Airport) │ ├── Fleet: An-2, An-24, Mi-8 │ └── Post-Soviet: KOTLAS AIR ENTERPRISE (Merged into 2nd Arkhangelsk) │ └── Vologda Aviation Detachment (Vologda Airport) ├── Fleet: Yak-40, An-2, Mi-8 └── Post-Soviet: ► VOLOGDA AVIATION ENTERPRISE (Active regional operator)
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