Berkut Air

Berkut Air

IATA ICAO Call sign - BEC BERKUT
Founded	1999
Ceased operations	2011
Operating bases	Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
Fleet size	3
Headquarters	Astana, Kazakhstan

State Air Company Berkut, commonly known as Berkut Air, was an airline based in Astana, Kazakhstan, operated Government charter flights out of Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Berkut was founded in 1999. ^[3] Except all other commercial Kazakh airlines, it was not banned from entering EU airspace in April 2009, due to the high standards of technical maintenance. ^[3]

Fleet

Current Fleet

Boeing 757-200 of Berkut Air operated by the Government of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Government Airbus A330-200

As of August 2025 ^[update] , Berkut Air operates the following aircraft: ^[4]

Berkut Air Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 757-200	1	—
Ilyushin Il-76TD	1	—
Tupolev Tu-134SH	1	—
Total	3

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

• 1 Airbus A320 ^[5]
• 1 Antonov An-12, UP-AN205, Cargo
• 1 Fokker 100, UP-F1004, Charter
• 1 Yakovlev Yak-40, UP-Y4023, Charter
• 1 Tupolev Tu-154M, UN-85713, Charter
• 1 Tupolev Tu-134AK ^[5]
• 1 Boeing 747-200, 9G-MKS, Cargo
• 1 Bombardier Challenger 850 ^[5]

References

1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 85.
2. "Berkut Air fleet details". AirFleets.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
3. Information on Berkut at the Aviation Safety Network
4. "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Berkut". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 64.
5. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 19.