State Air Company Berkut, commonly known as Berkut Air, was an airline based in

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, operated Government charter flights out of

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

History

Berkut was founded in 1999.Information on Berkut at the Aviation Safety Network
/ref> Along with all other commercial Kazakh airlines with the exception of

Air Astana Air Astana ( kk, Эйр Астана, translit=Eir Astana; russian: Эйр Астана́, translit=) is an airline group based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It operates scheduled international and domestic services on 64 routes from its main hub, Alma ...

, it was banned from entering EU airspace in April 2009, due to the country's poor maintenance standards. In 2011 the airline was rebranded as Bek Air.

Fleet

Current Fleet

The Berkut Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):

Former Fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft: *1 Antonov An-12, UP-AN205, Cargo *1

Fokker 100 The Fokker 100 is a regional jet produced by Fokker in the Netherlands. The Fokker 100 is based on the Fokker F28 with a fuselage stretched by to seat up to 109 passengers, up from 85. It is powered by two newer Rolls-Royce Tay turbofans, ...

, UP-F1004, Charter *1

Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (russian: Яковлев Як-40; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. Introduced in September 1968, the ...

, UP-Y4023, Charter *1 Tupolev Tu-154M, UN-85713, Charter *1

Boeing 747-200 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...

, 9G-MKS, Cargo

References

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Defunct airlines of Kazakhstan Airlines established in 1999 Airlines disestablished in 2011 Government-owned airlines 1999 establishments in Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-transport-stub