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Berkut Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
- BEC BEC
Founded2000
Operating basesAstana International Airport
Fleet size5
HeadquartersAstana, Kazakhstan

State Air Company Berkut, commonly known as Berkut Air is an airline based in Astana, Kazakhstan, operating Government charter flights out of Astana International Airport.[1][2]

History

Berkut was founded in 2000.[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 poor maintenance standards in the country.[3]

Fleet

Current Fleet

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

The Berkut Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[4]

Berkut Air Fleet
Aircraft In
Service
Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-214 Prestige 1
Boeing 757-200 1
Bombardier Challenger 850 1
Tupolev Tu-134AK 1
Tupolev Tu-134SH 1
Total 5

Former Fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

References

  1. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 85.
  2. ^ "Berkut Air fleet details". AirFleets.net. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b Information on Berkut at the Aviation Safety Network
  4. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 18. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)