Air Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan Air Company, operating as Air Kyrgyzstan (Template:Langx, Eýr Kyrgyzstan Aviakompaniýasy; Template:Langx, Aviakompaniya «Air Kyrgyzstan»), was the flag carrier of Kyrgyzstan, based in Bishkek.<ref>Home page. Kyrgyzstan Aircompany. Retrieved on 28 December 2011. "Кыргызстан, г. Бишкек, Проспект Манаса 12а"</ref> It operated scheduled domestic and international services to 13 destinations, as well as charter services. Its main hub was Manas International Airport in Bishkek, with a hub at Osh Airport in Osh.<ref name="FI">Template:Cite news</ref>

The owner of 100% of the shares was the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, represented by the Fund for State Property Management under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.Template:Citation needed During its operations, the airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union, along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan.

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,<ref name="FI"/> after taking over former national carrier Kyrgyzstan Airlines. On December 5, 2013, the airline was re-registered as ”Air Kyrgyzstan” Open Joint Stock Company.

On 26 October 2017, the airline suspended all operations after its sole aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 registered as EX-37501, was put into storage after a birdstrike accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following the incident, the airline's CEO Zholdoshbek Bekturganov said that the airline was looking to resume operations in December 2017 after repairing the aircraft. The airline ceased operations on 29 September 2018 after its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) was revoked by the Kyrgyz government.Template:Citation needed

Destinations

Air Kyrgyzstan OJSC had 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. Bishkek-Krasnodar 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.
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Codeshare agreements

Air Kyrgyzstan had codeshare agreements with the following airlines at April 2014:

Fleet

Current fleet

The Air Kyrgyzstan fleet consisted of the following aircraft:<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

References

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