Air Kokshetau Explained

Airline:Air Kokshetau
Fleet Size:8
Destinations:4
Iata:0K
Icao:KRT
Callsign:KOKTA
Founded:
Commenced: (as Air Kokshetau)
Ceased:2010
Headquarters:Kokshetau Airport, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
Key People:
Hubs:
Num Employees:238 (April 2007)[1]

Air Kokshetau, also legally known as JSC Aircompany Kokshetau (Kazakh: АҚ «Көкшетау Әуекомпаниясы» / Kazakh: italic=no|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.

It started operations in 2002, it offered flights to both domestic and international destinations and had 238 employees (at March 2007).[2] In 2010, the airline was shut down.[3]

History

Founded in 1968 as Kokchetavsky Squadron.

Destinations

Air Kokshetau operated scheduled flights from Kokshetau to Almaty, Astana, Petropavl and from Astana to Oral using Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft.

[Base]Base
[Terminated] Terminated destination
CountryCityProvince/RegionIATAICAOAirportNotesRefs
AlmatyAlmatyALAUAAAAlmaty International Airport
KokshetauAkmola RegionKOVUACKKokshetau Airport [Base]
AstanaAstanaTSEUACCAstana International Airport
OralWest KazakhstanURAUARROral Ak Zhol Airport
PetropavlPKKUACPPetropavl Airport

Fleet

At closure, the Air Kokshetau fleet included the following aircraft:[4]

Air Kokshetau fleet
AircraftOrdersPassengersNotes
Ilyushin Il-62M2 - 186
Yakovlev Yak-40D3 - 40
Air Kokshetau Cargo fleet
Yakovlev Yak-40K3 - Cargo
Total8 -

Former fleet

In October 2004 the airline acquired ownership of an Airbus A310-300 formerly operated by Air Kazakhstan.[5]

+ Air Kokshetau former aircraft
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetired
119972010

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 102 . 2007-04-03.
  2. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 102 . 2007-04-03.
  3. https://archive.today/20120718010846/http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/central_asia/kazakhstan.htm Air Kokshetau at airlineupdate.com
  4. Directory: World Airlines Part 2 (C-L) . . 31–80. 2009-04-07.
  5. [Airliner World]