The Federal Air Transportation Agency revoked Yak-Service's license after a check into the airline's operations and following the fatal crash near Yaroslavl earlier this month.
Forty-four were killed when the Soviet-era Yak-42 carrying Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hit a communications antenna near the runway and crashed into a small river after failing to pick up enough speed during takeoff. Investigators are still determining the precise cause of the crash.
Yak-Service had specialized in charter flights for VIPs and before the crash its fleet included four Yak-40 planes and one Yak-42.
The only survivor, crewmember Alexander Sizov, is well enough to meet with investigators, said Anzor Khubutia, director of the Sklifosovsky Medical Center — where Sizov is being treated — on Wednesday, Interfax reported.
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