Air Kokshetau, also legally known as JSC Aircompany Kokshetau (Kazakh: АҚ «Көкшетау Әуекомпаниясы» / AQ «Kökşetau Äuekompaniasy»; Russian: АО «Авиакомпания Кокшетау"»), was an airline based in Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, based at Kokshetau International Airport. It operated a fleet of eight aircraft.
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| Founded | 1968 (as Kokchetavsky Squadron) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2002 (as Air Kokshetau) | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 2010 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 8 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kokshetau Airport, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan | ||||||
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| Employees | 238 (April 2007)[1] | ||||||
It started operations in 2002, it offered flights to both domestic and international destinations and had 238 employees (at March 2007).[1] In 2010, the airline was shut down.[2]
History edit
Founded in 1968 as Kokchetavsky Squadron.
Destinations edit
Air Kokshetau operated scheduled flights from Kokshetau to Almaty, Astana, Petropavl and from Astana to Oral using Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft.
| [Base] | Base |
| [Terminated] | Terminated destination |
| Country | City | Province/Region | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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 Kazakhstan
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| Almaty | Almaty | ALA | UAAA | Almaty International Airport | |||
| Kokshetau | Akmola Region | KOV | UACK | Kokshetau Airport [Base] | Base | ||
| Astana | Astana | TSE | UACC | Astana International Airport | |||
| Oral | West Kazakhstan | URA | UARR | Oral Ak Zhol Airport | |||
| Petropavl | North Kazakhstan | PKK | UACP | Petropavl Airport |
Fleet edit
At closure, the Air Kokshetau fleet included the following aircraft:[3]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| Ilyushin Il-62M | 2 | — | 186 | |||||
| Yakovlev Yak-40D | 3 | — | 40 | |||||
| Air Kokshetau Cargo fleet | ||||||||
| Yakovlev Yak-40K | 3 | — | Cargo | |||||
| Total | 8 | — | ||||||
Former fleet edit
In October 2004 the airline acquired ownership of an Airbus A310-300 formerly operated by Air Kazakhstan.[4]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired |
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| Antonov An-2P | 1 | 1997 | 2010 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 102.
- ^ Air Kokshetau at airlineupdate.com
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 2 (C-L)". Flight International: 31–80. 7 April 2009.
- ^ Airliner World, April 2005
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