thumb|right|Now-retired [[Antonov An-24 of Kyrgyzstan Air Company, March 2010]]

thumb|right|[[Tupolev Tu-154 of Kyrgyzstan Air Company, 2006]]

Kyrgyzstan Air Company, operating as Air Kyrgyzstan (, Eýr Kyrgyzstan Aviakompaniýasy; , Aviakompaniya «Air Kyrgyzstan»), was the flag carrier of Kyrgyzstan, based in Bishkek. It operated scheduled domestic and international services to 13 destinations, as well as charter services. Its main hub was Manas International Airport in Bishkek, with a hub at Osh Airport in Osh.

The owner of 100% of the shares was the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, represented by the Fund for State Property Management under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. During its operations, the airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union, along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan.

This airline is currently inactive with 0 flights since 2019.

History

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thumb|right|[[Boeing 737-300 (EX-37301) in current livery of Air Kyrgyzstan, 2015]]

The airline was founded in April 2001 as Altyn Air. It was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan Air Company on 28 July 2006, Following the incident, the airline's CEO Zholdoshbek Bekturganov said that the airline was looking to resume operations in December 2017 after repairing the aircraft. The airline ceased operations on 29 September 2018 after its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) was revoked by the Kyrgyz government.

Destinations

Air Kyrgyzstan OJSC had 60 frequencies and licenses in the following areas:

{| class="wikitable"

!No.

!Route

!Frequencies

|-

|1.

|Bishkek-Saint Petersburg

|2

|-

|2.

|Bishkek-Yekaterinburg

|1

|-

|3.

|Bishkek-Krasnoyarsk

|2

|-

|4.

|Bishkek-Surgut

|2

|-

|5.

|Bishkek-Krasnodar

|2

|-

|6.

|Bishkek-Belgorod

|2

|-

|7.

|Bishkek-Minvody

|2

|-

|8.

|Bishkek-Chelyabinsk

|2

|-

|9.

|Bishkek-Irkutsk

|3

|-

|10.

|Bishkek-Abakan

|2

|-

|11.

|Osh-Moscow

|5

|-

|12.

|Osh-Novosibirsk

|2

|-

|13.

|Osh-Yekaterinburg

|2

|-

|14.

|Osh-Krasnoyarsk

|1

|-

|15.

|Osh-Surgut

|2

|-

|16.

|Osh-Krasnodar

|2

|-

|17.

|Osh-Tyumen

|2

|-

|18.

|Osh-Abakan

|3

|-

|19.

|Bishkek-Dushanbe

|1

|-

|20.

|Bishkek-Kurgan-Tyube

|2

|-

|21.

|Bishkek-Khujant

|1

|-

|22.

|Osh-Dushanbe

|2

|-

|23.

|Osh-Kurgan-Tyube

|2

|-

|24.

|Bishkek-Istanbul

|3

|-

|25.

|Bishkek-Dubai

|2

|-

|26.

|Bishkek-Sharjah

|2

|-

|27.

|Bishkek-Ürümqi

|2

|-

|

|Total

|60

|}

thumb|In 2011, the entire fleet of Soviet-made aircraft was disabled and Boeing 737-400 and 737-500 aircraft were purchased to replace them for regular flights.

{|class="wikitable sortable"

|-

!Country

!City

!Airport

!Notes

!Ref

|-

|rowspan=2|Kyrgyzstan

|Bishkek

|Manas International Airport

|align=center|

|align=center|

|-

|Osh

|Osh Airport

|

|align=center|

|-

|}

Codeshare agreements

Air Kyrgyzstan had codeshare agreements with the following airlines at April 2014:

  • Turkish Airlines (Star Alliance)

Fleet

Current fleet

The Air Kyrgyzstan fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

  • 1 Boeing 737-300
  • 1 Boeing 737-500
  • 1 Boeing 757-300

References

  • Official website
  • "28 декабря Ту-134А-3 EX020." Interstate Aviation Committee