Air Manas
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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Manas International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | ||||||
| Website | airmanas.com | ||||||
Air Manas is a low-cost airline headquartered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with its base at 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 airline operates domestic flights between Bishkek to Osh, as well as international flights from Kyrgyzstan to India, Russia, Turkey and China.
The efforts of the Kyrgyz Government to attract foreign investments had borne fruit: mutual visits of high-level governmental delegations gave a serious impetus to bilateral trade relations between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan. Thus, at the end of 2012 in the basis of pre-existing airline, a new Kyrgyz airline with the same name of "Air Manas" was created, being 51% owned by the Kyrgyz side and 49% by newly attracted strategic partner Pegasus Airlines, one of the leading air companies in Europe.
Air Manas has its own certified aviation-technical base for the operational maintenance of aircraft. Despite the lack of any incidents, the airline along with all airlines based in Kyrgyzstan are on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.
Destinations
Air Manas serves the following as of September 2021:[citation needed]
- Kyrgyzstan
- Bishkek - Manas International Airport base
- Osh - Osh Airport
- Russia
- Turkey
- Egypt
- Uzbekistan
- Saudi Arabia
- India
Fleet
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Current fleet
The Air Manas fleet as of April 2021:[4][5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Airbus A220-300 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 5 planes will be delivered by the end of 2023. |
| Total | 1 | 2 | ||
Former fleet
The airline also previously operated the following aircraft types:[6]
References
- ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019". Airliner World (October 2019): 19.
- ^ Air Manas Fleet Details and History planespotters.net, accessdate 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017". Airliner World (October 2017): 19.
External links
Media related to Air Manas at Wikimedia Commons
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