Berkut Air
State Air Company Berkut, commonly known as Berkut Air, was an airline based in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operating Government charter flights out of Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport.[1][2]
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| Founded | 1999 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | ||||||
History
Berkut was founded in 1999.[3] Along with all other commercial Kazakh airlines with the exception of Air Astana, it was banned from entering EU airspace in April 2009, due to the country's poor maintenance standards.[3]
In 2011 the airline was rebranded as Bek Air.
Fleet
Current Fleet
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Boeing 757-200 of Berkut Air operated by the Government of Kazakhstan
The Berkut Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[4]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-214 Prestige | 1 | — | ||
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 | — | ||
| Bombardier Challenger 850 | 1 | — | ||
| Ilyushin Il-76TD | 1 | — | ||
| Tupolev Tu-134AK | 1 | — | ||
| Tupolev Tu-134SH | 1 | — | ||
| Total | 6 | |||
Former Fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
- 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 Boeing 747-200, 9G-MKS, Cargo
References
- "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 85.
- "Berkut Air fleet details". AirFleets.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- Information on Berkut at the Aviation Safety Network
- "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 19.
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