[2] Established in 2000, it operates on behalf of its owner, the Irkut Corporation aircraft repair factory[3] out of Irkutsk International Airport.

[3] With base airports in Irkutsk and Novosibirsk, Angara Airlines operates scheduled flights in the Siberian region and to other regions in the Russian Federation, and topping it off with one international connection, to Manzhouli, China.

[4] In July 2017, it was announced that the airline had signed a letter of intent for 3 Irkut MC-21-300s at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow.

The airline has yet to decide which engines will be chosen for the aircraft.

The aircraft, when an order is placed, were originally scheduled to be delivered from 2022 to 2025.