Sayakhat Airlines or Sayakhat Air Company (russian: Aвиационная Компания «Саяхат») was an
airline
An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
based in
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. It operated chartered cargo and passenger flights out of
Almaty International Airport
Almaty International Airport ( kk, Halyqaralyq Almaty Äuejaiy) is a major international airport northeast of Almaty, the largest city and commercial capital of Kazakhstan. It is the busiest airport in Kazakhstan, accounting for 6.42 million ...
.
History
The airline was founded in 1989 by
Vladimir Kouropatenko and
Nikolai Alexeyevich Kuznetsov as the first private airline company in Kazakhstan. Flight operations started in 1991.
Fleet
The Sayakhat Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:
[http://www.sayakhat.kz/page.php?page_id=36&lang=2]
*4
Ilyushin Il-76TD
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comme ...
*3
Tupolev Tu-154M
References
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Defunct airlines of Kazakhstan
Airlines established in 1989
Airlines disestablished in 2012
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