Air Kokshetau

Air Kokshetau
Founded	1968; 56 years ago; (as Kokchetavsky Squadron)
Commenced operations	2002; 22 years ago (as Air Kokshetau)
Ceased operations	2010
Hubs	Kokshetau Airport;
Fleet size	8
Destinations	4
Headquarters	Kokshetau Airport, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan
Key people	Yuriy Gryaznov (President); Erlan Turusbekov;
Employees	238 (April 2007)

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.

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]

History

Founded in 1968 as Kokchetavsky Squadron.

Destinations

Air Kokshetau's Il-62M at Pulau Langkawi - International Airport, on 31 December 2007.

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

Country	City	Province/Region	IATA	ICAO	Airport	Notes
Kazakhstan
	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

Fleet

At closure, the Air Kokshetau fleet included the following aircraft:^[3]

**Air Kokshetau fleet**
Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers
Ilyushin Il-62M	2	—	186
Yakovlev Yak-40D	3	—	40
Air Kokshetau Cargo fleet
Yakovlev Yak-40K	3	—	Cargo
Total	8	—

Former fleet

In October 2004 the airline acquired ownership of an Airbus A310-300 formerly operated by Air Kazakhstan.^[4]

Air Kokshetau former aircraft
Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired
Antonov An-2P	1	1997	2010

References

^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 102.
^ Air Kokshetau at airlineupdate.com
^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 2 (C-L)". Flight International: 31–80. 7 April 2009.
^ Airliner World, April 2005

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[FI-1] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 102.

[2] Air Kokshetau at airlineupdate.com

[FI09-3] "Directory: World Airlines Part 2 (C-L)". Flight International: 31–80. 7 April 2009.

[4] Airliner World, April 2005

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