Northwest Air Base

NW Avia was an airline based at Peski (airport) in Petrozavodsk.

Its main purpose was aerial fire-fighting (for which it was licensed)[3] It was part of Avialesookhrana, although it did perform other typical aerial services (including pipeline and forest patrols, medical flights and search-and-rescue, scheduled and charter passenger flights.

NW Avia was undergoing reorganization with massive debts (~10 million rubles, it peaked at ~22 million rubles) and was the largest debtor in the Republic of Karelia.

[6] The airlines ceased to exist on July 1, 2014.

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