Kyrgyzstan Airlines
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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2005 | ||||||
| Hubs | Manas International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10 | ||||||
| Parent company | Government owned (81%) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | ||||||
| Key people | Tulenbek Asanbayevich Arpachiyev | ||||||
| Website | kyrgyzstanairlines.kg | ||||||
JSC National Air Carrier "Kyrgyzstan Airlines" (Russian: ОАО «Национальный авиаперевозчик «Кыргызстан Аба Жолдору») was the national airline of Kyrgyzstan, with its head office on the grounds of Manas International Airport in Bishkek. It operated scheduled international and domestic services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was Manas International Airport, with a hub at Osh Airport.
History
[edit]The airline was formerly a division of Aeroflot after a cooperation agreement in 1997. [1]
On 2 January 2002 the airline moved its head office to the Kyrgyzstan Airlines Sales Agency building of Manas International Airport.[2] Previously the head office was also on the grounds of the airport.[1]
In 2005 the airline went bankrupt and was taken over by Altyn Air, which was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan Air Company in 2006.[citation needed]
The airline was owned by the government (81%), private shareholders (11%) and the Soial Foundation (8%).[3]
Destinations
[edit]Kyrgyzstan Airlines operated scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:
- China - Urumqi
- Germany - Frankfurt, Hannover
- India - Delhi[4]
- Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek, Jalal-Abad, Kazarman, Kerben, Osh
- Pakistan - Karachi[4]
- Russia - Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg
- Tajikistan - Dushanbe
- Turkey - Istanbul[4]
- United Kingdom - Birmingham
Fleet
[edit]In 2005 the Kyrgyzstan Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:
- 1 Airbus A320
- 1 Antonov An-26
- 5 Antonov An-28
- 2 Ilyushin Il-76TD
- 2 Tupolev Tu-134A
- 2 Tupolev Tu-154M
- 2 Yakovlev Yak-40
References
[edit]- ^ a b "World Airlines Directory". Flight International. 10 April 2000. p. 114. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan airlines head office changes its address."
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 103.
- ^ a b c Directory pg 114 Flight International Retrieved 13 January 2011
External links
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- Kyrgyzstan Airlines (Archive)
- Kyrgyzstan Airlines Fleet