Karat (airline)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karat (Karat Air) is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled services from Moscow and charter flights from Kazan, as well as VIP and business aviation services. Its main base is Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, with a hub at Kazan Airport. ^[1]

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: V2
• ICAO Code: AKT
• Callsign: Aviakarat ^[2]

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1993 as Karat Air Company (formerly known as Rikor). In 2004 it united with Tulpar Aviation to form Karat Air. ^[1]

[edit] Services

As of January 2005 Karat Air operates the following services ^[1] :

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Cheboksary, Kazan, Moscow, Nadym, Nizhny Novgorod, Novy Urengoy and Rostov.
• International scheduled destinations: Baku.

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Karat fleet includes ^[3] :

• 4 Tupolev Tu-134A
• 2 Tupolev Tu-154B
• 5 Yakovlev Yak-42

[edit] External links

• Karat Air

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 5-11 April 2005
2. ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006