Itek Air
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| IATA code : | GI |
| ICAO code : | IKA |
| Call sign : | ITEK-AIR |
| Founding: | 1999 |
| Operation stopped: | 2012 |
| Seat: | Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan |
| Home airport : | Manas International Airport |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | 3 |
| Itek Air ceased operations in 2012. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
The Itek Air ( Russian Авиакомпания ИТЕК-ЭЙР ) was a Kyrgyz airline based in Bishkek . Like all airlines from Kyrgyzstan, Itek Air was on the EU's black list and was therefore not allowed to fly in the airspace of the European Union .
history
Itek Air was founded in 1999. The first flights took place with Tupolev Tu-134 and Tu-154 aircraft on the Bishkek- Moscow route . Later Kogalym , Novosibirsk , Istanbul and Urumqi were added to the flight plan. In 2000, Itek Air was recognized by the International Air Transport Association . In 2007 the airline carried 52,225 passengers on more than 530 flights. The airline's flight license was temporarily withdrawn in 2010 and finally in 2012.
Destinations
Itek-Air connected Kyrgyz destinations with the Russian capital Moscow and Novosibirsk as well as Urumqi in China .
fleet
Itek Air has operated a total of seven different aircraft with an average age of 33.8 years in its history
Incidents
On August 24, 2008, a Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off from Manas Airport near Bishkek and burned out. 65 of the 90 people on board were killed.
See also
Web links
- Itek Air website (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Itek-Air Homepage - About (Russian)
- ↑ a b aerotransport.org - Itek Air (English) accessed on July 16, 2013
- ↑ Itek-Air Homepage - flight plan (Russian)
- ↑ airfleets.net - Itek Air fleet age (English) accessed on July 17, 2003
- ↑ AFP via afp.google.com - Boeing 737 crashed at take-off in Bishkek ( memento of August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), August 24, 2008
- ↑ "There was initially only contradicting information about the number of passengers and crew members in total." (SZ; date wrong / missing)