SCAT Airlines, legally PLL SCAT Air Company, is an

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with its head office on the property of

Shymkent International Airport Shymkent International Airport ( kk, Halyqaralyq Şymkent Äuejaiy) is an airport serving Shymkent, Kazakhstan. It features single passenger terminal and one runway. It serves as a hub for SCAT Airlines. History The basis for the airport was ...

Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is one ...

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 operates services to all of the major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. Its main base is Shymkent Airport, with focus cities at

Aktau International Airport Aktau International Airport ( kk, Halyqaralyq Aqtau Äuejaiy), formerly Shevchenko-Central, is an international airport in Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan. It is the primary international airport serving Aktau. The airport is the eighth-busiest ...

Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport ( kk, Халықаралық Нұрсұлтан Назарбаев әуежайы, Halyqaralyq Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev Äuejaiy, ; russian: Международный аэропорт Нурсултан ...

, and

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 ...

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12–18 April 2005

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1997. Its name is the

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of Special Cargo Air Transport. SCAT Airlines, UP-B3720, Boeing 737-8 MAX (40699976503)

SCAT founded

Sunday Airlines Sunday Airlines is a charter airline in Kazakhstan and a subsidiary of SCAT Airlines. Its main base is Almaty International Airport. History The airline was established and started operations in 2013. Destinations Fleet As of December 2022, t ...

as a new charter venture and subsidiary, for which SCAT operates four Boeing 757-200s and one Boeing 767-300ER.ch-aviation.com - SCAT
retrieved 17 June 2015 In November 2017, the airline signed a firm contract for the purchase of six aircraft of the latest generation Boeing 737 MAX 8 with the American corporation Boeing. On 29 March 2018, the company's fleet replenished the first in the post-Soviet countries Boeing 737 MAX 8 (with CFM International LEAP-1B engines). This is the first of the six purchased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. In 2018, European airspace restrictions were lifted for SCAT Airlines and in May 2018, Vilnius became their first scheduled EU destination. In March 2018, SCAT Airlines was accepted as a full member of the

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(IATA). SCAT Airlines became the second Kazakhstan airline included in the IATA register. On March 13, 2019, the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was suspended in Kazakhstan. On February 18, 2021, SCAT Airlines, the first outside the American continent, resumed regular commercial flights on

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after an almost two-year ban on the operation of these aircraft in Kazakhstan.

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

SCAT Airlines codeshares with

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Fleet

, the SCAT Airlines fleet consists of these aircraft:

Incidents and accidents

* On 29 January 2013,

SCAT Airlines Flight 760 SCAT Airlines Flight 760 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kokshetau to Almaty, Kazakhstan, operated by a Bombardier CRJ200 twinjet that on 29 January 2013 crashed in thick fog near the village of Kyzyltu, while on approach to Alm ...

crashed near Kyzyltu during a low-visibility approach to

. * On 26 July 2018, a SCAT Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration UP-B5705 performing flight DV-5038, struck its tail onto the runway surface with 236 passengers and 9 crew while going around at Almaty International Airport. No passengers or crew suffered injuries. The aircraft, however, received substantial damage.

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of Kazakhstan Airlines of Kazakhstan Airlines established in 1997 Airlines formerly banned in the European Union 1997 establishments in Kazakhstan Kazakhstani brands Shymkent Transport in Shymkent