Air Kyrgyzstan

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]

JSC "Air Kyrgyzstan"
«Эйр Кыргызстан» Авиакомпаниясы»
ОАО «Эйр Кыргызстан»
IATA ICAO Callsign
QH LYN ALTYN AVIA
Founded2000
Ceased operations2019
HubsManas International Airport
Osh Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations3
Parent companyAl Sayegh Airlines
HeadquartersBishkek
Key peopleKaleev Pysbek, Kazybekov Sonkol
Websitehttps://airkyrgyzstan.kg
Now-retired Antonov An-24 of Kyrgyzstan Air Company, March 2010
Tupolev Tu-154 of Kyrgyzstan Air Company, 2006[1]

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.

This airline is currently inactive with 0 flights since 2019

History
Boeing 737-300 (EX-37301) in current livery of Air Kyrgyzstan, 2015

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
In 2011, the entire fleet of Soviet-made aircraft was disabled and Boeing 737-400 and 737-500 aircraft were purchased to replace them for regular flights.
Country City Airport Notes Ref
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Manas International Airport [4]
Osh Osh Airport Hub [4]
Russia Abakan Abakan International Airport [5]

Codeshare agreements

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):[6]

Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers
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
  1. "✈ russianplanes.net ✈ наша авиация". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. Home page. Kyrgyzstan Aircompany. Retrieved on 28 December 2011. "Кыргызстан, г. Бишкек, Проспект Манаса 12а"
  3. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 103.
  4. "Manas Airport time table". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  5. Liu, Jim (1 December 2016). "Air Kyrgyzstan adds new Abakan service from Nov 2016". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2020): 19.
  7. "Global Airline Guide 2016". Airliner World (October 2016): 19.
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