Kazaviaspas Explained

Airline:Kazaviaspas
Fleet Size:27
Icao:KZS
Callsign:SPAKAZ
Founded:2003
Headquarters:Astana
Hubs:Astana International Airport
Website:kazaviaspas.kz

Kazaviaspas (Қазавиақұтқару / Kazakh: italic=no|Qazaviaqūtqaru) is an airline based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It acts as the aviation element of the Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Fleet

The Kazaviaspas fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2018):

Kazaviaspas fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Ilyushin Il-76TD1As of August 2019.[1]
Tupolev Tu-134A31As of August 2019.
Tupolev Tu-154M1As of August 2019.
Eurocopter EC-14518
KA-32A11BC2
MI-26T2
MI-8T, MI-8MTV, MI-1715
Total 27
Uses the following own helicopters: Mi-26, Ka-32, EC145, Mi8, Mi-171.

Accidents and Incidents

On February 23, 2023, a Kazaviaspas Mi-8AMT helicopter crashed near the village of Chaperino, Bayterek District, in the West Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Four of the six occupants were killed.

Notes and References

  1. Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One) . Airliner World . October 2019 . 18.