Itek Air Explained

Airline:	Itek Air
Iata:	GI
Icao:	IKA
Callsign:	SMART ITEK
Founded:	1999
Ceased:	2010
Hubs:	Manas International Airport
Fleet Size:	2
Destinations:	4
Headquarters:	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Itek Air, Ltd (Russian: ООО Авиакомпания «ИТЕК-ЭЙР») was an airline based in Bishkek (Manas International Airport) in Kyrgyzstan.

Destinations

As of October 2008, Itek Air operated scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:^{[1] [2]}

People's Republic of China

• Ürümqi (Diwopu International Airport)

Kyrgyzstan

• Bishkek (Manas International Airport) Hub
• Osh (Osh Airport)

Russia

• Moscow (Domodedovo International Airport)
• Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo Airport)

The airline is banned from flying within the European Union.^[3]

Accidents and incidents

Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895

See main article: Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895.

• On 24 August 2008, a Boeing 737-200, owned and operated by Itek Air (a Kyrgyz company) on a charter flight for Iran Aseman Airlines, flight 6895, crashed near Manas International Airport in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, while attempting an emergency landing, returning to the airport of origin, 10 minutes after departure. Sixty-eight people were killed and 22 people survived the crash.^[4]

Fleet

The fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[5]

• 2 Boeing 737-200

The registration of the aircraft were EX-127, EX-311 and EX-009. The last one crashed near Bishkek on 24 August 2008.

External links

• Itek Air Fleet

Notes and References

1. Polyot-Sirena Flight schedule
2. Itek Air website Расписание рейсов
3. Web site: LIST OF AIR CARRIERS OF WHICH ALL OPERATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A BAN WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY . 2008-08-25 . 24 July 2008 . European Union Transport commission . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090325010606/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/pdf/list_en.pdf . 25 March 2009 .
4. Web site: 65 dead in Kyrgyz air crash. https://web.archive.org/web/20080903040827/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14745698. dead. 2008-09-03. Sify. 2008-08-25.
5. Web site: Itek Air . 2008-08-24 . ch-aviation.ch . https://web.archive.org/web/20080827153051/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=IKA&al_op=1 . 27 August 2008 . dead .