Aurora is a Russian airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast.[1] It operates domestic flights in the Russian Far East region and international flights to and from destinations in China. It is named after the Russian cruiser Aurora.[2] As of June 2025, the airline is banned from flying into the EU like all other Russian airlines.[3]
History
Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in September 2013. Originally called Taiga, it combined Vladivostok Air and SAT Airlines. SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Air served 42 and 15 destinations respectively, and had a combined fleet of 24 fixed-wing aircraft, along with 11 helicopters.
Aurora began operations on 8 December 2013 serving the Khabarovsk –