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Kyrgyzstan Airlines

National airline of Kyrgyzstan (1992–2005)

JSC National Air Carrier "Kyrgyzstan Airlines" (Russian: ОАО «Национальный авиаперевозчик «Кыргызстан Аба Жолдору») was the first national airline of Kyrgyzstan, with its head office on the grounds of Manas International Airport in Bishkek. It operated scheduled international and domestic services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was Manas International Airport, with a hub at Osh Airport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • HeadquartersBishkek1

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Kyrgyzstan Boeing 737-200 Maksimov
Photo: Maxim Maksimov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

JSC National Air Carrier "Kyrgyzstan Airlines" (Russian: ОАО «Национальный авиаперевозчик «Кыргызстан Аба Жолдору») was the first national airline of Kyrgyzstan, with its head office on the grounds of Manas International Airport in Bishkek. It operated scheduled international and domestic services, as well as charter flights. Its main base was Manas International Airport, with a hub at Osh Airport.2

The story

The airline was formerly a division of Aeroflot after a cooperation agreement in 1997.

On 2 January 2002 the airline moved its head office to the Kyrgyzstan Airlines Sales Agency building of Manas International Airport. Previously the head office was also on the grounds of the airport.

In 2005 the airline went bankrupt and was taken over by Altyn Air, which was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan Air Company in 2006.

The airline was owned by the government (81%), private shareholders (11%) and the Social Foundation (8%).

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyrgyzstan Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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Destinations

Kyrgyzstan Airlines operated scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:

China - Urumqi

Germany - Frankfurt, Hannover

India - Delhi

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Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek, Jalal-Abad, Kazarman, Kerben, Osh

Pakistan - Karachi

Russia - Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Yekaterinburg

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Turkey - Istanbul

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Fleet

In 2005 the Kyrgyzstan Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:

1 Airbus A320

1 Antonov An-26

5 Antonov An-28

2 Ilyushin Il-76TD

2 Tupolev Tu-134A

2 Tupolev Tu-154M

2 Yakovlev Yak-40

From Wikipedia’s article on Kyrgyzstan Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2005Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1992Founded Founded1

Sources

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