Private company
Yak-Service
Logo: http://yakservice.ru/bitrix/templates/yakservice/images/yak_logo1.png, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Russian charter airline
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 to November 2009, and had further restrictions imposed upon it in 2010.2 It ceased to exist in 2011.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websiteyakservice.ru
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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 to November 2009, and had further restrictions imposed upon it in 2010.2
Products and brands
The YAK-Service fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
3 Yakovlev Yak-40
1 Yakovlev Yak-42, RA-42387
From Wikipedia’s article on YAK-Service, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Controversies and legal
Accident
On 7 September 2011, at 16:05 MSK, RA-42434 Yak-42D, chartered to carry the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL hockey team, crashed at the Volga River bank 2 kilometers from Tunoshna Airport, Yaroslavl, Russia, and was destroyed, killing the entire team and 3 crew members, one crew member aboard survived. Among the deceased in this crash were former National Hockey League (NHL) players Pavol Demitra, Ruslan Salei, and Kārlis Skrastiņš.
From Wikipedia’s article on YAK-Service, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
Links
- Websiteyakservice.ru1
- WikipediaYAK-Service
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ2602173
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataYak-Service on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaYak-Service on Wikipedia
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsYak-Service photo by Aleksandr Markin, CC BY-SA 2.0