Bek Air

Bek Air
Бек Эйр
IATA ICAO Callsign
Z9 BEK BEKAIR
Founded 2011 (2011)
Commenced operations September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)
Hubs
Focus cities Almaty
Fleet size 7[1]
Destinations 19
Headquarters Oral, West Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
Website www.bekair.com

Bek Air is an airline in Kazakhstan. Bek Air was founded in 1999 as a business jet operator. Back in 2008 Bek Air purchased stock of shares in Oral Ak Zhol Airport which is currently a base airport for the company. Bek Air has committed to investing KZT10 million a month in order to reconstruct the airport's runway which is in poor condition.

Destinations

Bek Air's destinations include :

 Kazakhstan

Fleet

In July 2014, during the Farnborough Air Show, it was announced that Bek Air will take delivery of seven 103-seater long-range Sukhoi Superjet 100s, with the first three of them expected to enter the fleet in 2015.[4]

In the past Bek Air operated a fleet of Yakovlev Yak-40, Tupolev Tu-154, BAC One-Eleven and Dassault Falcon 20 (in VIP configuration). Bek Air has recently acquired its own Fokker 100 after initially leasing aircraft from InvestAvia. Currently Bek Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Bek Air Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders C Y
Fokker 100 8 - 8 90

External links

References

  1. Онлайн-агентство Bek Air
  2. "Bek Air. Новое направление полетов Алматы-Актау-Алматы". International Travel plus. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. "Bek Air. Новое направление полетов Алматы-Костанай-Алматы". International Travel plus. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. Kaminski-Morrow, David (14 July 2014). "FARNBOROUGH: Kazakhstan's Bek Air to take Superjets". Flightglobal (Farnborough). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
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