Carrier which is vital to Siberian towns and cities faces bankruptcy lawsuit as debt claims mount.
Falling demand for seats, problems with the rouble, and fluctuating exchange rates force Yakutia Airlines to axe three planes.
American music band OK Go filmed Upside Down & Inside Out during 21 flights on a plane used to train cosmonauts.
Now the Far East of Russia linked to beaches and cities in the sun with direct routes from Vladivostok on low-cost airline Vietjet.
Siberian airline NordStar has began twice weekly round trip flights from Krasnoyarsk to Dubai.
His height of 215 cm - or 7ft - was too much for low cost airline Pobeda flying from Novy Urengoy to Moscow.
End the bottleneck on flights from Vladivostok, says Primorsky region governor.