Air Kazakhstan
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Air Kazakhstan was an airline based in Kazakhstan. It was the national airline of Kazakhstan and operated domestic and international services between 1997 and 2004.
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The airline was established on 8 October 1996 and started operations on 10 March 1997. It ceased operations on 29 February 2004 after accumulating heavy debts and was declared bankrupt in April 2004 by the court in Almaty. Air Astana succeeded Air Kazakhstan as the country's flag carrier.
On November 12, 1996 in one of the worst passenger airlines air-disasters, Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 with registration UN-76435, en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan to New Delhi, India; collided inflight with Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, registration HZ-AIH, a Boeing 747-168B en route from New Delhi, India to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The two aircraft collided in mid-air over the village of Chaki Dahdri, India, killing all 349 aboard both aircraft. It is as of October 2006 the deadliest mid-air collision in aviation history.
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