State Air Company Berkut, commonly known as Berkut Air, was an airline based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated Government charter flights out of Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport.[1][2]
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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | ||||||
Berkut was founded in 1999.[3] Along with all other commercial Kazakh airlines with the exception of Air Astana, it was banned from entering EU airspace in April 2009, due to the country's poor maintenance standards.[3]
In 2011 the airline was rebranded as Bek Air.


The Berkut Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[4]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A320-214 Prestige | 1 | — | ||
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | — | ||
| Bombardier Challenger 850 | 1 | — | ||
| Ilyushin Il-76TD | 1 | — | ||
| Tupolev Tu-134AK | 1 | — | ||
| Tupolev Tu-134SH | 1 | — | ||
| Total | 6 | |||
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
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