Qazaq Air
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| Founded | 1 April 2015 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 27 August 2015 | ||||||
| Hubs | Almaty International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Shymkent International Airport, Astana International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||||||
| Website | flyqazaq.com | ||||||
Qazaq Air (Kazakh: Қазақ Эйр, Qazaq Éyr, قازاق ەير) is a Kazakh airline, a subsidiary company of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna. Based in Almaty International Airport, created with the purpose to provide regional flights. The main mission of "Qazaq Air" airline – to connect the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and thus to improve their economic development.
History
"Qazaq Air" was officially founded in April 2015 by the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna. The airline was launched in Astana on 6 July 2015 with a flight from Almaty. The first passenger flight was operated on 27 August 2015, on Almaty-Astana route. It was announced that during first five days of operation more than 900 passengers used airline’s services.
Destinations
Nowadays Qazaq Air operates wide network of flights within Kazakhstan connecting South, North and West of the Republic.
| Route | Weekly frequencies | Remarks |
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| Almaty - Astana | 10 | |
| Almaty - Shymkent | 6 | |
| Almaty - Pavlodar | 2 | |
| Almaty - Kostanay | 1 | |
| Shymkent - Pavlodar | 2 | |
| Shymkent - Aktobe | 4 | |
| Aktobe - Atyrau | 4 | |
| Astana - Taldykorgan | 3 | |
| Almaty - Kyzylorda | 2 | |
| Almaty - Semey | 2 | [1] |
Previous routes
Qazaq Air operated Kostanay - Aktobe route during October 2015. Due to low load factor destination was ceased. Airline has plans to reopen destination during Summer navigation 2016.
Qazaq Air ceased Almaty - Taldykorgan destination in March 2016.
Fleet
The fleet of the airline consists of three brand-new Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft: P4-AST, P4-NUR, and P4-QAZ, which are leased by Falcon Aviation Services. Aircraft cabin has an all-economy class layout. The advantages of this aircraft type are high standards of safety, improved cost saving, reliability, bright cabin, increased luggage space and lower noise levels, compared to other turboprop aircraft types.
| Aircraft | In Service | Seats | Notes |
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| Bombardier Dash 8 | 3 | 78 (P4-QAZ has 76 layout) | 2 to be delivered in 2016 |
References
- ↑ "Qazaq Air opens Amaty-Semey services from 06 May 2016". Kazinform. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
External links
- Qazaq Air Official Website (English) (Kazakh) (Russian)
- Qazaq Air Fleet Details and History
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