- SCAT (airline)
Infobox Airline
airline = SCAT
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IATA = DV
ICAO = VSV
callsign = VLASTA [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes] November 2006]
founded = 1997
commenced =
ceased =
hubs =Shymkent Airport
secondary_hubs =Oral Ak Zhol Airport Aqtau Airport Astana International Airport Atyrau Airport Qyzylorda Airport Almaty International Airport
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frequent_flyer =
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fleet_size = 23 (+7 orders)
destinations = 19
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headquarters =Shymkent ,Kazakhstan
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website = http://www.scat.kz/Scat Air (PLL Scat Aircompany) is an
airline based inShymkent ,Kazakhstan . It operates services to all major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. Its main base isShymkent Airport , with hubs atOral Ak Zhol Airport ,Aqtau Airport ,Astana International Airport ,Atyrau Airport ,Qyzylorda Airport andAlmaty International Airport Flight International 12-18 April 2005] .History
The airline was established and started operations in 1997. It is owned by Vladimir Denissov (53%) and Vladimir Sytnik (47%) .
Destinations
As of March 2007 Scat Air operates services to the following destinations :
*Domestic scheduled destinations:Aqtau ,Aqtöbe ,Almaty ,Astana ,Atyrau ,Kostanai ,Qyzylorda ,Petropavl ,Shymkent (Hub), Oral andÖskemen .
*International scheduled destinations:Astrakhan ,Baku , Ölgii,Mineralnye Vody ,Dushanbe ,Tashkent ,Urumqi andYerevan .Fleet
As of August
2006 the Scat Air fleet includes [Flight International , 3-9 October 2006] :*20
Antonov An-24
*7Antonov An-148 (on order)
*1Yakovlev Yak-42
*2 BAC One-Eleven 500 (leased)In April
2007 Scat Air introduced a BAC One-Eleven 500 to its fleet for services between Shymkent, Astana and Almaty. It has beenwet lease d from local charter airlineTrast Aero . The registration of the aircraft is EX-103 [cite news | title= Scat One-Eleven | work=Airliner World | page=13 | date= August 2007] [cite web | title= One-Eleven leased from Trast Aero| date=2007-04-01 | work=BAC One-Eleven News | url=http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20News.htm | accessdate=2007-07-24] , ie registered in Kyrgyzstan. All others "Antonov An-24" of SCAT have codes beginning with UN, the registration code of Kazakhstan. A further One-Eleven (EX-086) was wet leased from Trast Aero in June 2007. Both are ex-TAROM aircraft. [cite web | title= Further Scat One-Eleven| date=2007-06-12 | work=BAC One-Eleven News | url=http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20News.htm | accessdate=2007-07-24]External links
* [http://www.scat.kz/ Scat Air]
References
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