East Wing (airline)
| East Wing | |
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| IATA code : | |
| ICAO code : | EWZ |
| Call sign : | |
| Founding: | 1999 as GST Aero |
| Seat: |
Shymkent , Kazakhstan
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| Home airport : | Almaty airport |
| Fleet size: | 9 |
| Aims: | continental |
| Website: | east-wing.kz |
East Wing is a Kazakh airline with seat in Shymkent , resulting from the 2006 GST Aero emerged. It offers charter flights and flies air rescues and repatriations for the Kazakh Ministry of Health .
fleet
Current fleet
As of October 2017, the East Wing's fleet consists of nine aircraft:
| Aircraft type | active | inactive | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-12 | 1 | ||
| Antonov An-26 | 2 | ||
| BAC 1-11 | 1 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-76 | 2 | ||
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | 3 | ||
| total | 3 | 6th |
Former aircraft types
Previously, East Wing also used the following types of aircraft:
- Boeing 737-300
- Jakowlew Jak-42 ( GST Aero )
- Tupolev Tu-134 ( GST Aero )
- Tupolev Tu-154 ( GST Aero )
Incidents
The crashed Antonov An-28 (aircraft registration UP-A2807 )
East Wing has had two serious incidents in its history:
- In 2008 an Antonov An-12 ( aircraft registration UP-AN208 ) had to be written off after an incident at N'Djamena airport .
- On October 3, 2017, an Antonov An-28 (aircraft registration UP-A2807 ) operated by East Wing as an ambulance aircraft had an accident with five people on board en route from Almaty to Schymkent . The An-28 crashed to the ground and caught fire shortly afterwards. All five people died in the incident.
See also
Web links
Commons : East Wing - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Web presence of the East Wing (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ch-aviation - East Wing (English), accessed on October 9, 2017
- ↑ a b East Wing , accessed October 9, 2017
- ↑ Subfleets for GST Aero Aircompany , accessed on October 9, 2017
- ↑ Data about the airline East Wing in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on October 9, 2017.
- ↑ Flight accident data and report Antonov 12B UP-AN208 N'Djamena Airport (NDJ) in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 9, 2017.
- ↑ Flight accident data and report Antonov An-28 UP-A2807 Almaty Airport (ALA) in the Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 9, 2017.