Air Manas

Air Manas was a low-cost airline headquartered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with its base at Manas International Airport.[2] The airline suspended all flights after 25 May 2022.[3]

Air Manas
Авиакомпания «Эйр Манас»
IATA ICAO Callsign
ZM[1] MBB[2] AIR MANAS[2]
Founded2006
Ceased operations2022
HubsManas International Airport[2]
Fleet size1
Destinations2
HeadquartersBishkek, Kyrgyzstan[2]
Websiteairmanas.com

History

Air Manas was founded in 2006 in Bishkek. The first flight of Air Manas was carried out in December 2009. In June 2012, 49% of the air company was bought by a Turkish Pegasus Airlines. The first flight under the brand name Pegasus Asia was operated from Bishkek to Istanbul on 22 March 2013.[4] Now the airline operates domestic flights between Bishkek to Osh, as well as international flights from Kyrgyzstan to India, Russia, Turkey and China.

The efforts of the Kyrgyz Government to attract foreign investments had borne fruit: mutual visits of high-level governmental delegations gave a serious impetus to bilateral trade relations between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan. Thus, at the end of 2012 in the basis of pre-existing airline, a new Kyrgyz airline with the same name of "Air Manas" was created, being 51% owned by the Kyrgyz side and 49% by newly attracted strategic partner Pegasus Airlines, one of the leading air companies in Europe.

Air Manas has its own certified aviation-technical base for the operational maintenance of aircraft. Despite the lack of any incidents, the airline along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.

Air Manas suspended all flights after 25 May 2022.[3]

Kyrgyzstan

Fleet

Current fleet

As of May 2022, the Air Manas fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

Air Manas fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A220-300 1 — 145 Stored due to sanctions against its Russian lessor
Total 1 —

Former fleet
A former Air Manas Boeing 737-800 in Moscow in 2016.

The airline also previously operated the following aircraft types:[6][7]

References
  1. "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ch-aviation.com - Air Manas retrieved 26 December 2022
  3. "Air Manas Grounded As Russia Sanctions Bite". Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. "History". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  5. planespotters.net - Air Manas Fleet Details and History retrieved 10 April 2023
  6. "Global Airline Guide 2017". Airliner World (October 2017): 19.
  7. "Global Airline Guide 2019". Airliner World (October 2019): 19.

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