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{{Short description|Russian airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Aviacon Zitotrans<BR><small>Авиакомпания «Авиакон Цитотранс»</small>
| logo = 
| logo_size = 250
| fleet_size = 6
| destinations = 10
| IATA = ZR
| ICAO = AZS
| callsign = ZITOTRANS
| parent = AVS Group Holding
| company_slogan = 
| founded = 1995
| headquarters = [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia
| key_people = 
| hubs = {{nowrap|[[Koltsovo International Airport]]}}
| secondary_hubs = 
| focus_cities = [[Vladivostok International Airport|Vladivostok]]
| frequent_flyer = 
| lounge = 
| alliance = 
| subsidiaries = 
| website = [http://www.aviacon.ru aviacon.ru]
}}

'''JSC "Aviacon Zitotrans"''' ({{langx|ru|АО Авиакомпания «Авиакон Цитотранс»}}, ''AO Aviakompaniya «Aviakon Tsitotrans»'') is a private [[cargo airline]] based in [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia.

==History==
It was established and started operations in June 1995 and specializes in air transportation of heavy and outsize, high-value, [[dangerous goods]], aerospace equipment, sea containers, humanitarian, government, military, live cargo on IL-76 TD worldwide. It has more than 170 employees and its main base is [[Koltsovo International Airport]], Yekaterinburg.<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 81 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref> In 2008, the name of the company was changed to Aviacon Air Cargo.

==Fleet==
[[File:RA-76842@PEK (20210603145238).jpg|thumb|Aviacon Zitotrans [[Ilyushin Il-76]]]]
As of July 2012, the Aviacon Zitotrans fleet includes the following:<ref name="ATM">{{in lang|ru}} Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", ''Airline Reference'', Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 27 April 2007, p. 40</ref><ref name="ATDB">{{cite web|url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=Aviacon+Zitotrans&where=102212&luck=|title=ATDB.aero aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank|website=aerotransport.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airframes.org/fleet/azs|title=AIRFRAMES.ORG – Aircraft Database – Login|last=airframes.org|website=airframes.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/uncategorized/heavy-metal-from-russia/|title = Heavy metal from Russia|date = 21 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/freight-forwarder/dhl-helps-relocate-the-worlds-loneliest-elephant/|title=DHL helps relocate the world's loneliest elephant|date=7 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka : After a five hour flight 'Muthu Raja' arrives in Thailand |url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_23B/Jul03_1688323477CH.php |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=colombopage.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeffrey |first=Rebecca |date=2022-02-09 |title=Aviacon flies abandoned pets out of Kabul |url=https://www.aircargonews.net/sectors/animal-transportation/aviacon-flies-abandoned-pets-out-of-kabul/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Air Cargo News |language=en}}</ref>

*5 [[Ilyushin Il-76]]TD

== Memorable dates and event ==
In March 2013 Transafe Logistics, together with Aviakon Zitotrans, implemented a project to transport a 46-ton generator rotor of the Nizhnevartovsk power plant on an IL-76TD aircraft to Busan, South Korea. This is considered a world record for the movement of single cargo on an airplane of this type.

== Sanctions ==
On 26 January 2023, due to [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the airline was included in the US sanctions list against [[Wagner Group|PMC Wagner]]. Also 4 IL-76TD aircraft of the company RA-76502, RA-76842, RA-76846, RA-78765 were sanctioned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russia-related Designations and Designation Update; Central African Republic Designations; Transnational Criminal Organizations Designation; Global Magnitsky Designations; Issuance of Global Magnitsky General Licenses and Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Office of Foreign Assets Control |url=https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20230126 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=ofac.treasury.gov |language=en}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=The airline carried out cargo transportation for enterprises of the Russian defense complex that were sanctioned. In addition, Aviacon Zitotrans transported military equipment such as missiles, warheads and helicopter parts around the world, sending military equipment to Venezuela, Africa and other countries.|author=Treasury Sanctions Russian Proxy Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organization}}

Earlier, on 19 October 2022, the company was included in the sanctions list of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=АО АК "Авиакон Цитотранс" {{!}} Война и санкции |url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-company/822/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127023422/https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-company/822/ |archive-date=27 January 2023 }}</ref> On 19 May 2023 Aviacon Zitotrans was included in Canada's sanctions list against companies that provide military technology to the Russian armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-25 |title=Regulations Amending the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/sanctions/russia_regulations-reglement_russie41.aspx?lang=eng |access-date=2024-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525135822/https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/sanctions/russia_regulations-reglement_russie41.aspx?lang=eng |archive-date=25 May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-16 |title=Treasury Sanctions Russian Proxy Wagner Group as a Transnational Criminal Organization |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1220 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Aviacon Zitotrans}}
* [http://www.aviacon.ru/ Official website] {{in lang|ru|en}}

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[[Category:Companies based in Yekaterinburg]]
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