YAK-Service

YAK-Service
IATA ICAO Call sign
- AKY YAK SERVICE
Founded12 February 1993
Commenced operations25 November 1993
Ceased operations21 September 2011
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia

YAK-Service (Russian: ЗАО «Авиационная компания «Як-Сервис») was an airline that operated executive passenger charters based in Moscow, Russia. It was established on 12 February 1993 and started operations on 25 November 1993. The airline was banned from operating within the EU from 24 July 2009[citation needed] to November 2009,[1] and had further restrictions imposed upon it in 2010.[2]

On 21 September 2011, the airline had its licence revoked by Rosaviatsiya in the wake of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in Yaroslavl, Russia.[3]

  1. ^ Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2009 of 26 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 establishing the Community list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban within the Community
  2. ^ "Doomed Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Plane Was Banned In Europe Due To Safety Concerns". Deadspin. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. ^ Sobol, Ekaterina; Pirigov, Ivan (21 September 2011). Авиакомпания "Як-Сервис" лишилась лицензии (in Russian). Kommersant. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.