Atyrau Airways

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Atyrau Airways
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Founded 1996
Ceased operations 2009
Operating bases Atyrau Airport
Fleet size 4 (upon closure)
Parent company Euro-Asia Air
Headquarters Atyrau, Kazakhstan

Atyrau Airways was an airline based in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It operated scheduled and chartered passenger flights within the CIS and to destinations in Europe out of its base at Atyrau Airport, [1] using a fleet of four Tupolev Tu-134A aircraft. [2]

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Atyrau Airways Tupolev Tu-134A at Atyrau Airport, (2011) UN-65069@GUW.jpg
Atyrau Airways Tupolev Tu-134A at Atyrau Airport, (2011)

History

Atyrau Airways was established in 1996 as an airline as well as the operating company of Atyrau Airport. It became part of the Air Kazakhstan Group (which also comprised Air Kazakhstan and Irtysh Avia) in December 1999. In November 2000, the ownership of Atyrau Airways and Airport was transferred to Euro-Asia Air, a subsidiary of state petroleum company KazTransOil. [1] On 13 July 2009, Atyrau Airways was included in the List of air carriers banned in the European Union, along with all other Kazakh airlines with the exception of Air Astana due to the poor maintenance record of the country. [3] Shortly thereafter (in October), its airline license was revoked. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 52.
  2. ↑ Information of Atyrau Airways at airlineupdate.com Archived January 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
  3. ↑ List of Air Carriers banned in the European Union Archived May 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine .
  4. ↑ Information on Atyrau Airways at the Aviation Safety Network


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