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The vast territory of Kazakhstan spans across 2,700,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi). The population density is low in Kazakhstan, and the centers of industry and agriculture are spread out and remote from world markets.
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it carried half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its subsidiaries, remaining the standard domestic-route airliner of Russia and former Soviet states until the mid-2000s. It was exported to 17 non-Russian airlines and used as a head-of-state transport by the air forces of several countries.
Air Astana is an airline and the flag carrier of Kazakhstan. Based in Almaty, the airline was founded by the Government of Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund Samruk Kazyna (51%) and BAE Systems (49%) and commenced operations on 15 May 2002. In February 2024 it became a dual listed company, being listed on the Kazakhstan and London stock exchanges. It is the largest airline in Central Asia and the Caucasus region with 69% and 40% of market share on domestic and intra-regional routes from Kazakhstan.
Ocean Airlines S.p.A. was a cargo airline based in Brescia, Italy. It operated cargo services to Asia. Its main base was Brescia Airport.
Air Kokshetau, also legally known as JSC Aircompany Kokshetau, was an airline based in Kokshetau, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, based at Kokshetau International Airport. It operated a fleet of eight aircraft.
Sayakhat Airlines or Sayakhat Air Company was an airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It operated chartered cargo and passenger flights out of Almaty International Airport.
SCAT Airlines, legally PLL SCAT Air Company, is a Kazakh civil airline. Its head office is located in the Shymkent International Airport in Şymkent, Kazakhstan. It operates services to all major cities of Kazakhstan and its neighboring countries. Its main base is Şymkent Airport, with focus cities at Aqtau International Airport, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, and Almaty International Airport.
Avialeasing Aviation Company is a cargo airline based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It operates cargo services linking cities in Asia with western and eastern Europe. Its main base is Yuzhny Airport, Tashkent. It is a joint US-Uzbek venture and formed SRX Group in Florida in 1993.
Ankara Esenboğa Airport is an international airport of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. In 2017, the airport has served more than 15 million passengers in total, 13 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranked 4th in terms of total passenger traffic, 3rd in terms of domestic passenger traffic among airports in Turkey. The airport was ranked 22nd in the "100 Things That Give Hope in Turkey" list published in the 100th issue of Newsweek Turkey magazine.
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, alternatively referred by its previous name as Astana International Airport until 2017, is the international airport serving Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital and second most populous city in the country. It is the primary aviation hub for northern Kazakhstan. Regionally, it stands as the second-busiest international air passenger gateway into Central Asia after Almaty International Airport (ALA). The airport is also the second-busiest airport in terms of total passenger traffic, air traffic movements and total cargo handled in Kazakhstan, with ~7,500,000 passengers served annually in 2023, a 25% increase compared with 2022, a new passenger record for the airport. On average, the airport handles more than 200 departures a day.
Almaty International Airport is the largest international airport of Kazakhstan, surpassing Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) in Astana. It is also the principal hub of Air Astana, the national flag carrier. It serves Almaty, the largest and most populous city in the country, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country.
Asia Continental Airlines was an airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, operating charter flights out of Almaty International Airport. The company was founded in 1999. On 18 October 2010, it had its airline license revoked.
Mega Aircompany was a charter airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Tahmid Air was a short-lived airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which operated charter flights out of Almaty International Airport using a fleet of two Boeing 737-200 aircraft.
D.E.T.A. LLP operating as DETA Air was an airline, with bases in Almaty and Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Their principal airline routes were to Hong Kong and Istanbul.
Irtysh-Air was an airline headquartered in Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Province, Kazakhstan. Despite the airline being based at Pavlodar Airport, it operates a domestic network within that country from its hub in Almaty International Airport. As of April 2012, the company is banned from operating within the European Union.
Bek Air was a Kazakh airline headquartered in Oral.
Khozu Avia is a private airline established in 2002 and based in Almaty, Kazakhstan operating charter and business flights from its bases of Almaty Airport and Nur-Sultan Airport.
Prime Aviation JSC is a private airline established in 2005 and based in Almaty, Kazakhstan operating charter and business flights from its bases of Almaty Airport, Atyrau Airport and Astana Airport.
Sunday Airlines is a charter airline in Kazakhstan and a subsidiary of SCAT Airlines. Its main base is Almaty International Airport.
