Yakutia Airlines suspended domestic flights for a month due to repairs to the only aircraft operating them.
"Yakutia" airline suspended Tickets for domestic flights are on hold until October 24. The reason is a malfunction in the Canadian Bombardier Q300, the only aircraft on the route.
Problems of import substitution and limitations of the Il-114-300
The new Russian turboprop Il-114-300 was supposed to be the key aircraft to replace foreign equipment in Yakutia. Rosaviatsiya issued it a basic certificate, but it can fly only at temperatures from -9 to +25 °C and exclusively on asphalt runways.
Access to unpaved airfields, which form the basis of Yakutia's route network, is not expected until 2027.