List of Antonov An-2 operators
This is a list of current and former operators of the Antonov An-2:
Military operators
Afghanistan received more than a dozen An-2 aircraft, with service beginning in 1957. A few remain available.[citation needed]
Albania received 13 aircraft including some of Chinese manufacture (Y-5). Albanian An-2s were operated from 1963. Up to four may remain active, with the remainder in storage.[citation needed]
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- Khmer Royal Aviation (AVRK)
- 27 Eskadrila Transportnih Zrakoplova
Croatian air force operated 7 An-2DT aircraft until 2004 when the last 4 were handed over to aeroclubs.
- 15. Regimiento de Transporte
- 25. Regimiento de Transporte
- 35. Regimiento de Transporte
All An-2 aircraft of the FAR (Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria) are retired.
One example is displayed at the Museo del Aire (Cuba)[1]
Phased out from military service before dissolution of state.
East German An-2s were passed on to Germany upon unification.
Germany adopted its An-2 fleet from East Germany.
- Latvian Air Force
- Latvian National Guard (Zemessardze)
- 1. Transporta Posms
- 2. Transporta Posms
- 3. Transporta Posms
- Transporto Eskadrile - currently operating 5 An-2 aircraft used for paratroop training only.
- 501 Padobranski Diverzantski Odred
Current there is one An-2 used for paratroop training.
Only two are used by Moldovan Air Force all eight are in civilian service
- Escuadrón de Transporte
- North Yemen Air Force
North Korea is believed to have grounded its fleet of about 300 planes due to the high price of fuel.[2]
Polish An-2s were in service between 1951 and 2012.[3]
Republic of Korean Air Force operates 20 L-2 variants purchased from China and Poland for drill purpose against North Korean invasion, paratrooper operation, and flight trainers. Their presence was considered classified but released into public after a few accidents. Although it is not common to assign HL code to military crafts, these L-2 are one of a few exceptions. However, the HL codes assigned to L-2 shows different plane, such as Cessna 172, from database search.[4]
- Romanian Air Force (retired)
- DOSAAF
- Russian Air Force (retired)
- Russian Naval Aviation (retired)
- Russian Airborne Troops - Used for low altitude parachute training.
One An-2TD used for paratroop training by the 63rd Paratroop Battalion.
The Soviet military's An-2 fleet was dispersed amongst the successor states upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Yemen's An-2 fleet was inherited from North Yemen upon unification.
Civil operators
- VH-CCE - Melbourne, Victoria www.an2.com.au
- VH-YNT - MKT Airfield, Northern Territory
Air Canada operated 29 between 1970-1978
- Deutsche Lufthansa (East Germany)
- Interflug
- Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik (paramilitary sports organization)
One An-2R was delivered by the Soviet Union in February 1983 for agricultural purposes and was abandoned at Pearl's Airport after the US-led invasion of Grenada in October 1983.
Hanseflug [5] from spring to fall twice daily offered scheduled flights between the North-Sea islands of Sylt and Föhr. Service currently suspended [1]
- 2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division — 7 (March 2016)
- 2nd Sverdlovsk Air Enterprise (Ceased 2011)
- Agat — 1 + 2 An-3 (March 2016)
- AGRO-AVIA — 6 (March 2016)
- Agrolet — 4 (March 2016)
- Agrofirma Novobatajskaja — 1 (March 2016)
- Alaas-Avia — 5 + 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- ALROSA — 2 (March 2016)
- AMEGA — 1 (March 2016)
- Amur aviation base — 5 + 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- Angara Airlines — 4 (March 2016)
- Annushka — 4 (March 2016)
- Airclub Kuban — 1 (March 2016)
- Aeroservice — 2 (March 2016)
- AEROSERVICE Ltd. aircompany — 2 (March 2016)
- Barkol Airlines — 3 (March 2016)
- BRIG-T-SAMARA aircompany — 3 (March 2016)
- AVIATION INDUSTRIAL COMPANY VECTOR, LLC — 1 (March 2016)
- Vzlet — 1 (March 2016)
- VLADIMIRSKAYA BASA — 3 (March 2016)
- Vologda Aviation Enterprise — 2 (March 2016)
- Voronezh Aircraft Production Association— 1 (March 2016)
- AAS airline (Восток-Авиа) — 6 (March 2016)
- Vyatkaavia — 3 (March 2016)
- HORIZONT LLC — 2 (March 2016)
- DALNERECHENSK AIR, LLC — 4 (March 2016)
- DALTRANSAERO — 1 (March 2016)
- Dalnevistochnaja aviabase — 1 (March 2016)
- DELTA AIRCOMPANY Ltd — 1 (March 2016)
- Demetra — 2 (March 2016)
- Kostroma airenterprise — 1 (March 2016)
- KUBAN-AVIATRANS — 1 (March 2016)
- LIGHT AIR, CJSC A/L — 7 (March 2016)
- LEMAX — 5 (March 2016)
- Lukiaviatrans — 2 (March 2016)
- MAG+S — 3 (March 2016)
- Orenair (up to 2010)
- Orenburzhye — 9 (March 2016)
- NARYANMAR JOINT AVIATION DETACHMENT — 7 (March 2016)
- NSK-Avia — 1 (March 2016)
- OREL-AGRICULTURALAVIA — 2 (March 2016)
- PANH — 3 (March 2016)
- Polar Airlines — 3 + 3 An-3 (March 2016)
- Polet Airlines — 1 (March 2016)
- Polyar-Avia — 2 (March 2016)
- PRIVOLZSKAYA REGIONAL AIRLINE LTD — 6 (March 2016)
- REGION-AVIA, LLC — 7 (March 2016)
- RESPECT-INTER, CLL — 1 (March 2016)
- Rischimavia — 3 (March 2016)
- RUZA Aviation centre, Co. Ltd. — 2 (March 2016)
- Rusagravia — 2 (March 2016)
- S BROC, LLC — 2 (March 2016)
- SIBIA — 5 (March 2016)
- Spec-Aero — 2 (March 2016)
- TRANSHIMAVIA — 2 (March 2016)
- Trade-Avia — 4 (March 2016)
- Tuva Airlines — 2 (March 2016)
- Ulyanovsk Higher Civil Aviation School — 3 (March 2016)
- UralSpecAvia — 1 (March 2016)
- Fenix — 3 (March 2016)
- Fermer Prikumja — 1 (March 2016)
- Himavia — 1 (March 2016)
- Chukotavia — 1 An-3 (March 2016)
- Shahtinskij aeroclub — 1 (March 2016)
- Unyj jastreb — 1 (March 2016)
- UTair — 3 (March 2016)
- YaDS — 1 + 2 An-3 (March 2016)
Approximately 10 An-2s were acquired by the Turkish Aeronautical Association (Türk Hava Kurumu - THK) in the early 1980s. These planes are still operational and being used for air sports purposes, mainly parachuting.
- Vietnam Civil Aviation Department - later as Vietnam Civil Aviation (now Vietnam Airlines)[6]
References
- ^ Ogden (2008)
- ^ "Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet". BBC News.
- ^ "Polish air force retires last An-2 transport". Flightglobal. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ Interview with ROKAF personnel.
- ^ http://www.hanseflug.de/NewFiles/Hanse%202013/us2.html Hanseflug schedule in English and German
- ^ Our Background
Further reading
- Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9
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