Air Manas
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Founded | 2006 founded as Air Manas 2013 renamed as Pegasus Asia | ||||||
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Hubs | Manas International Airport | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Osh Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Moscow Domodedovo Airport Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 7 | ||||||
Parent company | Pegasus Airlines (49%) | ||||||
Headquarters | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | ||||||
Key people | Ilgar Alptekin (General Director) | ||||||
Website | http://www.pegasus-asia.com/ |
Air Manas, formerly operating as Pegasus Asia, is a low-cost airline based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Its main base is Manas International Airport.
History
Air Manas was founded in 2006 in Bishkek. First flight of Air Manas was carried out in December 2009. In June 2012, 49% of the air company was bought by a Turkish Pegasus Airlines. The first flight under the brand name Pegasus Asia was operated from Bishkek to Istanbul on 22 March 2013 .[2] Now the airlines operates domestic flights between Bishkek to Osh, as well as international flights from Kyrgyzstan to India, Russia, Turkey and China.
Destinations
Pegasus Asia serve the following as of July 2015:
Asia
- Chelyabinsk - Balandino Airport
- Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport Seasonal
- Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
- Perm - Bolshoye Savino Airport Seasonal
- Yekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport
Europe
Fleet
The entire fleet of Pegasus Asia is registered in Turkey, and consists of the following aircraft (as of 2 June 2014[update]):[3]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 1 | — | 180 | leased from and operated by Pegasus Airlines. |
Boeing 737-400 | 4 | — | 168 | leased from Pegasus Airlines. To be replaced by Boeing 737-800. |
Boeing 737-800 | 6 | 4 | 189 | 4 more will be transferred from Pegasus Airlines. |
References
- ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ History
- ^ "Fleet of Pegasus Asia".