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; 54 years ago (1968) (as Kokchetavsky Squadron) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2002; 20 years ago (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]
Founded in 1968 as Kokchetavsky Squadron.
Air Kokshetau operated scheduled flights from Kokshetau to Almaty, Astana, Petropavl and from Astana to Oral using Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft.
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[Terminated] | Terminated destination |
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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 |
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 | |||||
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Yakovlev Yak-40K | 3 | — | Cargo | |||||
Total | 8 | — |
In October 2004 the airline acquired ownership of an Airbus A310-300 formerly operated by Air Kazakhstan.[4]
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Antonov An-2P | 1 | 1997 | 2010 |
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