ATB of the former forward SOAO (Syktyvkar United Air Squadron - in Soviet times), then the names were changed to: ATB Komi avia, ATB Komiviatrans - UTair (karavaev and kuklina) are going to be liquidated by the end of the year. 

Today, having "squeezed" everything out of the aircraft, the Tu-134 is cut into metal, there are only two "on the wing", plus all the An-24s are transferred to KATEK avia (a subsidiary of UTair). The aviation-technical base - one of the largest in Russia that survived the times of perestroika, performs all types of work on Russian equipment, has all production preparation workshops - is closed, aviation specialists with extensive work experience are asked to leave, and this at a time when President Putin V .IN. speaks of a lack of technical specialists when flight safety is paramount. It is no secret that there are fewer and fewer aviation specialists in aviation maintenance. 

In 1996. the former co-pilot Kutuzov MV, with the help of the government of the republic, creates his own a / k Kominteravia based on this airline industry. The planes are derived from the state property of the Komi Republic, part of the buildings and structures are transferred to their personal property (from significant objects belonging to the airline: the Polet canteen, the Aviator club, some of the buildings at the airport). Successfully cooperating with a / k UTair, having the largest park in the country, Tu-134, An-24, ATB continued to serve the same aircraft under the new owner, then the interests of Kutuzov and UTair a / k dispersed. Aircraft Tu-134, An-24, ATB were transferred to UTair, Kutuzov M.V. Was listed in the search. 

Airplanes, buildings are state owned and required save a unique team. If, nevertheless, ATB is closed, then it will be impossible to recreate it. 

The open question remains: who will serve Russian aircraft in the region?

Appeal of the labor collective of aviation-technical base (ATB) of UTair-Express airline Syktyvkar