Air Kazakhstan Explained

Air Kazakhstan,^[1] stylised as Air Kazakstan (kk|Эйр Қазақстан / Kazakh: italic=no|Eir Qazaqstan), was a Kazakh airline and its national carrier. After its bankruptcy, the airline was shut down. It was headquartered in Almaty.^[2]

History

The airline was established in 1991 as Kazakhstan Airways, but changed to Air Kazakhstan on 10 March 1997 (spelled as "Air Kazakhstan" until 2001). It ceased operations on 29 February 2004, after accumulating heavy debts, and was declared bankrupt in April 2004 by the court in Almaty.

Air Astana succeeded Air Kazakhstan as the country's flag carrier.

Destinations

When it shut down, Air Kazakhstan was serving the following locations:

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Azerbaijan	Baku	Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Germany	Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport
	Hanover	Hannover Airport
Hungary	Budapest	Budapest International Airport
India	Delhi	Indira Gandhi International Airport
Israel	Tel Aviv	Ben Gurion Airport
Kazakhstan	Aktau	Aktau International Airport
	Almaty	Almaty International Airport
	Astana	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
	Atyrau	Atyrau Airport
	Karaganda	Sary-Arka Airport
	Kostanay	Kostanay Airport
	Oral	Oral Ak Zhol Airport
	Pavlodar	Pavlodar Airport
	Shymkent	Shymkent International Airport
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Manas International Airport
	Moscow	Vnukovo International Airport
		Sheremetyevo International Airport
	Seoul	Gimpo International Airport
		Incheon International Airport
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Dushanbe International Airport
Thailand	Bangkok	Don Mueang International Airport
Turkey	Istanbul	Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Ukraine	Donetsk	Donetsk International Airport
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai International Airport

Fleet

• Airbus A310-300
• Antonov An-24
• Antonov An-24B
• Antonov An-24RV
• Antonov An-26
• Antonov An-30
• Antonov An-30A
• Antonov An-30B
• Boeing 737-200
• Ilyushin Il-18
• Ilyushin Il-76
• Ilyushin Il-76T
• Ilyushin Il-86
• Tupolev Tu-134
• Tupolev Tu-134A
• Tupolev Tu-154
• Tupolev Tu-154A
• Tupolev Tu-154B
• Yakovlev Yak-40
• Yakovlev Yak-40D
• Yakovlev Yak-42

External links

• Official website (Archive)

Notes and References

1. OAG World Airways Guide A-M, October 1997, pages 20, 28 and 32. Reed Publications. Retrieved on July 31, 2009.
2. World Airline Directory: Air Kazakstan [9Y] (KZK) ]. . 16–22 March 2004 . 66–67 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150103211047/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2004/2004-09%20-%200068.html . 3 January 2015.