who will fly on VIP races from Kazan

In the Tulpar Air carrier belonging to the TAIF carrier, which works in the business aviation segment, the observation procedure has been introduced. The airline asked to recognize itself bankrupt due to the inability to pay the founder Azat Hakim, who left capital in 2023, another 587 million rubles. For his share by court decision. Lawyers of the latter believe that Tulpar Air may pay for debts by selling one of the sides. And experts indicate that, taking into account the noticeable volume of business races from Kazan and the park deficiency, the carrier in the market is in demand.

The Arbitration Court of Tatarstan introduced the surveillance procedure for Tulpar Air with respect to the Tulpar Air airline until August 26. The lawyer Vsevolod Nesterov, representing the interests of the founder of the company Azat Hakim, told Kommersant about this. Mr. Hakim participates in the case as a third person. There is also a message about the introduction of observation in the file file. With a bankruptcy statement, Tulpar Air herself appealed to the court in February.

In TAIF and Tulpar Air, they did not answer the questions “Kommersant”.

The observation procedure at Tulpar Air was introduced against the backdrop of a dispute with the founder. In December 2024, the Tatarstan Arbitration Court partially satisfied the claim of Azat Hakim and decided to recover 451.45 million rubles from the airline – an unpaid part of the actual value of a share in the amount of 49%sold in 2023. Given the interest for the use of other people’s money, the airline should pay 587 million rubles. Tulpar Air appealed the decision in appeal. Earlier for his share, Azat Hakim received 419.57 million rubles.

According to Kommersant, representatives of Mr. Khakim had previously asked the court to terminate the proceedings in March, but received a refusal. “Now we have lost the possibility of resolving peacefully on an individual basis and continue to defend the right to pays together with other creditors,” commented Vsevolod Nesterov.

The carrier aircraft park includes four Bombardier aircraft and two helicopters. According to the results of 2024, Tulpar Air received 112 million rubles. Pure profit, which is 1.9 times less than a year earlier, and 5.3 times less than in 2022.

The value of assets, according to the reporting on IFRS, is 3.1 billion rubles. According to Kommersant, in February the airline notified the court that 65% of the assets are pledged to the Avers, including aircraft park. According to Kommersant, the carrier estimated the cost of aircraft and helicopters in the report for the court at almost 2.4 billion rubles. The carrier, according to Kommersant, estimates the total debt at 1.7 billion rubles, of which 1.4 billion rubles. They are on the Avers Bank. According to Kommersant’s interlocutors, the last loan of 1.1 billion was issued in September 2024 and went to purchase a CL Bombardier Challenger 600 aircraft for 1.25 billion rubles. In total, 65 companies appear on the list of creditors on Fedresurs.

The general director of Tulpar Air Anton Sidorkin, according to Kommersant, explained that there was no possibility of paying off the debt to Azat Khakim without removing assets and the payment would lead him to the impossibility of paying with other counterparties. Given the aviation specificity of the business, even short -term delays in payments to suppliers and creditors will lead to the risks of the loss of flight certificates and termination of work, Mr. Sidorkin explained.

Azat Hakim told Kommersant that he considers the bankruptcy of Tulpar Air fictitious and undertaken in order to avoid payments for his share.

According to Vsevolod Nesterov, the company is trying to influence the appeal and achieve the cancellation of the payment decision on the process of bankruptcy. The provisions of the Law “On LLC” prohibit the company in the event of signs of bankruptcy to pay the actual value of the share, explains Mr. Nesterov. At the same time, he adds, loans were issued by the Avers affiliated with TAIF. Azat Hakim notes that Tulpar Air aircraft cost about 4.5 billion rubles. And the company can sell one board to pay debt. There will be a buyer quickly on any of these aircraft in the Russian Federation, he emphasized.

The partner of the BREEFCASE LAW OFFICE law executive, Anna Samoilova says that the court may state the availability of fictitious bankruptcy based on the conclusion of transactions on obviously unprofitable conditions. The lawyer of the lawyer Bureau Olga Renova and Partners Vladislav Roslyakov notes that the arbitration manager can analyze the solvency of the debtor, and if he concludes the possibility of satisfying the claims of creditors without a significant complication of activities, then “there is a fictitious bankruptcy”.

The services of the VIP carrier in any case will be in demand in Kazan and abroad, says Dmitry Petrochenko, head of the Bizavnews project. Against the background of a shortage of freight containers in business aviation, the demand for such transportation is growing: « This is a fairly fresh park, and the planes will definitely not be left idle. » Kazan Airport, adds Mr. Petrochenko, is included in the TOP-5 airports of the Russian Federation by the number of business aviation sorties. About two -thirds of flights, according to expert assessment, “Tulpar” executed inside the Russian Federation, the rest – to friendly countries. At the same time, the fly from Moscow to Kazan takes only an hour, so most of the foreign routes were made from Moscow. “This is a very convenient geographical location for the VIP carrier that can build its own network of transportation from Moscow and have a maintenance base in just an hour from the capital,” the expert says.

Aigul Abdullina