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Russian Arctic helicopter company for sale

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The Russian state is selling shares in the Naryan-Mar United Air Fleet, the biggest helicopter company in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

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An auction on the company sales will be held on 4 May, Regnum reports. The sales come after a Russian federal decision on company privatization made late December last year, Severinform.ru reports. The Naryan-Mar United Air Fleet controls major parts of air traffic in the Northwest Russian Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The oil-rich region in the Russian North has no roads leading to neighboring federal subjects and is therefore dependent of aircraft and helicopter transport. A total of 840 people work in the company.