Air Kyrgyzstan
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Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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Hubs | Manas International Airport Osh Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
Destinations | 3 | ||||||
Parent company | Al Sayegh Airlines | ||||||
Headquarters | Bishkek | ||||||
Key people | Kaleev Pysbek, Kazybekov Sonkol | ||||||
Website | http://www.air.kg/ |
Kyrgyzstan Air Company, operating as Air Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz: Эйр Кыргызстан Авиакомпаниясы, Eýr Kyrgyzstan Aviakompaniýasy; Russian: Авиакомпания «Эйр Кыргызстан», Aviakompaniya «Air Kyrgyzstan»), is the flag carrier of Kyrgyzstan based in Bishkek.[2] It operates scheduled domestic and international services to 13 destinations as well as charter services. Its main hub is Manas International Airport in Bishkek, with a hub at Osh Airport in Osh.[3]
The owner of 100% of the shares is the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic represented by the Fund for State Property Management under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The airline along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan are on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.
History
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The airline was founded in April 2001 as Altyn Air. It was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan Air Company on 28 July 2006,[3] after taking over former national carrier Kyrgyzstan Airlines.
On December 5, 2013, the airline was re-registered as ”Air Kyrgyzstan” Open Joint Stock Company.
Destinations
Air Kyrgyzstan OJSC has 60 frequencies and licenses in the following areas:
No. | Route | Frequencies |
1. | Bishkek-Saint Petersburg | 2 |
2. | Bishkek-Yekaterinburg | 1 |
3. | Bishkek-Krasnoyarsk | 2 |
4. | Bishkek-Surgut | 2 |
5. | Бишкек-Краснодар | 2 |
6. | Bishkek-Belgorod | 2 |
7. | Bishkek-Minvody | 2 |
8. | Bishkek-Chelyabinsk | 2 |
9. | Bishkek-Irkutsk | 3 |
10. | Bishkek-Abakan | 2 |
11. | Osh-Moscow | 5 |
12. | Osh-Novosibirsk | 2 |
13. | Osh-Yekaterinburg | 2 |
14. | Osh-Krasnoyarsk | 1 |
15. | Osh-Surgut | 2 |
16. | Osh-Krasnodar | 2 |
17. | Osh-Tyumen | 2 |
18. | Osh-Abakan | 3 |
19. | Bishkek-Dushanbe | 1 |
20. | Bishkek-Kurgan-Tyube | 2 |
21. | Bishkek-Khujant | 1 |
22. | Osh-Dushanbe | 2 |
23. | Osh-Kurgan-Tyube | 2 |
24. | Bishkek-Istanbul | 3 |
25. | Bishkek-Dubai | 2 |
26. | Bishkek-Sharjah | 2 |
27. | Bishkek-Ürümqi | 2 |
Total | 60 |
As of May 2015, Air Kyrgyzstan operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[4][5]
As of May 2020, Air Kyrgyzstan does not operate any flights due to an unknown cause.
Country | City | Airport | Notes | Ref |
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Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Manas International Airport | [5] | |
Osh | Osh Airport | Hub | [5] | |
Russia | Abakan | Abakan International Airport | [6] |
Air Kyrgyzstan has codeshare agreements with the following airlines at April 2014:
Fleet
Current fleet
The Air Kyrgyzstan fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2017):[7]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers |
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Boeing 737-500 | 1 | - | 122 |
Boeing 757-300 | 1 | - | 295 |
Tupolev Tu-154M | 1 | - | 165 |
Total | 3 |
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
Accidents
On December 28, 2011, Air Kyrgyzstan Tupolev Tu-134, registration EX-020, operating flight QH3 from Bishkek to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, with 73 passengers and 6 crew suffered a hard landing on Osh's runway 12 resulting in the collapse of the right main gear, right wing separation and the aircraft rolling on its back in fog and low visibility. The aircraft came to a stop on soft ground about 10 meters off the right runway edge. A fuel leak from the left wing led to a fire erupting which was quickly extinguished by airport emergency services. One passenger received serious injuries and 24 people received minor injuries (concussions, bruises), of which 16 were taken to local hospitals.
References
- ^ "✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ Home page. Kyrgyzstan Aircompany. Retrieved on 28 December 2011. "Кыргызстан, г. Бишкек, Проспект Манаса 12а"
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 103.
- ^ "Polet-Sirena". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
- ^ a b c "Manas Airport time table". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Liu, Jim (1 December 2016). "Air Kyrgyzstan adds new Abakan service from Nov 2016". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2020): 19.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016". Airliner World (October 2016): 19.
External links
- (in Russian) Official website
- (in Russian) "28 декабря Ту-134А-3 EX020." Interstate Aviation Committee
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