Kyrgyzstan Airlines 1456612 223665872 2008-07-05T04:21:16Z Sardanaphalus 427947 updating link using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Airline |airline = JSC National Air Carrier "Kyrgyzstan Airlines"<br><small>ОАО Национальный авиаперевозчик «Кыргызстан Аба Жолдору»</small> |logo = Kyrgyzstan Airlines logo.gif |logo_size = 150 |fleet_size = 15 |destinations = 10 |IATA = R8 |ICAO = KGA |callsign = KYRGYZ |parent = State owned |company_slogan = |founded = [[1993]] |headquarters = {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Bishkek]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] |key_people = Tulenbek Asanbayevich Arpachiyev (President) |hubs = [[Manas International Airport]] |secondary_hubs = |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |website = }} '''Kyrgyzstan Airlines''' is the national [[airline]] of [[Kyrgyzstan]], based in [[Bishkek]]. It operates scheduled international and domestic services, as well as charter flights. Its main base is [[Manas International Airport]], Bishkek, with hub at [[Osh Airport]]. The airline is on the [[List of air carriers banned in the European Union]]. == History == The airline was originally [[Aeroflot]] Kyrgyzstan Directorate and was established in [[1992]]. It signed a co-operation agreement with [[Aeroflot]] in [[October 1997]] covering new scheduled services, aircraft maintenance, ticketing and marketing. The airline is owned by the government (81%), private shareholders (11%) and the Soial Foundation (8%).<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 103 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref> == Destinations == As of [[May 2007]], Kyrgyzstan Airlines operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:<ref>[http://www.polets.ru/cgi-bin/sh.pl?Mode=AK&AKIndex=2361&AKCode=2361 Polet-Sirena]</ref><ref> {{ru icon}} [http://timetable.airport.kg/CSP/adp/rasrr.csp?CSPCHD=0000000100031737esui003464428127 Manas Airport timetable]</ref> ===Asia=== ;Central Asia *Kyrgyzstan **[[Bishkek]] ([[Manas International Airport]])'''hub''' **[[Osh]] ([[Osh Airport]]) '''hub''' **[[Kazarman]] **[[Kerben, Kyrgyzstan|Kerben]] *Tajikistan **[[Dushanbe]] ([[Dushanbe Airport]]) ;East Asia *China **[[Urumqi]] ([[Urumqi Diwopu International Airport]]) *South Korea **[[Seoul]] ([[Incheon International Airport]]) ;South Asia *India **[[Delhi]] ([[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]) *Pakistan **[[Islamabad]] ([[Islamabad International Airport]]) **[[Karachi]] ([[Jinnah International Airport]]) == Fleet == The Kyrgyzstan Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of [[May 2008]]): *1 [[Airbus A320]] *1 [[Airbus A319]] *1 [[Antonov An-26]] *5 [[Antonov An-28]] *1 [[Boeing 737-200]] (which is operated for [[Itek Air]]) *1 [[Ilyushin Il-76|Ilyushin Il-76TD]] *3 [[Tupolev Tu-134|Tupolev Tu-134A]] *2 [[Tupolev Tu-154M]] *2 [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=R8&al_op=1 Kyrgyzstan Airlines Fleet] {{Airlines of Kyrgyzstan}} {{Aviation lists}} [[Category:Airlines of Kyrgyzstan]] [[Category:Airlines established in 1992]] [[Category:Former Aeroflot divisions]] [[es:Kyrgyzstan Airlines]] [[fi:Kyrgyzstan Airlines]] [[nl:Kyrgyzstan Airlines]] [[pt:Kyrgyzstan Airlines]] [[tr:Kırgızistan Havayolları]] [[vi:Kyrgyzstan Airlines]]