Turkmenistan Airlines

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 Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757-200 landing
Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757-200 landing
Front view of a landing Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757 airliner
Front view of a landing Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757 airliner

Turkmenistan Airlines is the national airline of the former soviet republic of Turkmenistan.

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The airline connects Ashgabat to destinations in Russia, Europe and Asia. All its international flights are operated by western-trained pilots using two-class configuration Boeing aircraft.

Since 2001, the airline has been phasing out its aging fleet of Soviet-era Yaks to make way for a modern fleet of Boeing 717s, which will be used primarily for domestic routes. Turkmenistan was the first of the former Soviet states to purchase aircraft from Boeing in 1992.

Turkmenistan Airlines is one of few international air carriers without an official website, and neither online booking nor electronic ticketing are offered for any of its routes.

[edit] Destinations

Turkmienistan serve the following international cities:

[edit] Asia

[edit] Middle East

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[edit] Fleet

The Turkmenistan Airlines fleet (at August 2006) includes [2] :

Turkmenistan Airlines fleet
Type # Seats Notes
Boeing 717-200 7
Boeing 737-300 3
Boeing 737-800 (2 orders)
Boeing 757-200 4
Boeing 767-300ER 1 For the use of Turkmenistan government only
Antonov An-24 22
Antonov An-26 5
Ilyushin Il-76TD 8
Tupolev Tu-154B 5
Yakovlev Yak-40 10
Yakovlev Yak-42 4

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airline Codes
  2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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