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| Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1997 | ||||||
| Hubs | Shymkent International Airport | ||||||
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| Subsidiaries | Sunday Airlines | ||||||
| Fleet size | 20 | ||||||
| Destinations | 33 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | ||||||
| Key people | Vladimir Denisov (President) | ||||||
| Website | scat.kz | ||||||
SCAT Airlines, legally PLL SCAT Air Company, is an airline with its head office on the property of Shymkent Airport in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.[2] It operates services to all of the major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. Its main base is Shymkent International Airport, with focus cities at Aktau International Airport, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport and Almaty International Airport.[3]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1997. It is owned by Vladimir Denissov (53%) and Vladimir Sytnik (47%).[3] Its name is the acronym of Special Cargo Air Transport.[4]
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SCAT founded Sunday Airlines as a new charter venture and subsidiary, for which SCAT operates four Boeing 757-200s as well as one Boeing 767-300ER.[5]
In August 2015 the airline announced the signing of a commitment for 15 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft with the first expected to be delivered in May 2016.[6] However, this provisional order had not been firmed up by its 1 August 2016 deadline, apparently due to issues around the leasing terms.[7]
In November 2017, the airline signed a firm contract for the purchase of six aircraft of the latest generation Boeing 737 MAX 8 with the American corporation Boeing. On 29 March 2018 the company's fleet replenished the first in the post-Soviet countries Boeing 737 MAX 8 (with CFM International LEAP-1B engines). This is the first of the six purchased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.[8]
In 2018, European airspace restrictions were lifted for SCAT Airlines and in May 2018 Vilnius became their first scheduled EU destination.[9][10] In March 2018, SCAT Airlines was accepted as a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). SCAT Airlines became the second Kazakhstan airline included in the IATA register.[11]
Destinations
SCAT Airlines codeshares with the following airlines:
Fleet
As of September 2020, The SCAT Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[13][14]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||||
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| C | Y | Total | ||||||
| Boeing 757-200 | 3 | — | 12 | 188 | 200 | |||
| Boeing 737-300 | 5 | — | — | 144 | 144 | |||
| Boeing 737-500 | 3 | — | — | 118 | 118 | |||
| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | — | — | 149 | 149 | |||
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 186 | 186 | Launch CIS customer.[16] | ||
| Boeing 737 MAX 9 | — | 2[17] | 16 | 173 | 189 | |||
| Bombardier CRJ200ER | 4 | — | — | 50 | 50 | |||
| Bombardier CRJ200LR | 3 | — | — | 50 | 50 | |||
| Total | 20 | 2 | ||||||
Incidents and accidents
- On 29 January 2013 SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Kyzyltu during a low-visibility approach to Almaty International Airport.[18][19]
- On 26 July 2018 a SCAT Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration UP-B5705 performing flight DV-5038, struck its tail onto the runway surface with 236 passengers and 9 crew while going around at Almaty International Airport. No passengers or crew suffered injuries. The aircraft however received substantial damage.[20]
References
- ^ Airline Codes November 2006
- ^ "КОНТАКТЫ Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Scat Air. Retrieved on 28 May 2012. "Головной офис Казахстан, г. Шымкент, здание аэропорта"
- ^ a b Flight International 12–18 April 2005
- ^ "Aviation Safety: Commission removes all Kazakh airlines from EU Air Safety List - Mobility and Transport - European Commission". Mobility and Transport (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ ch-aviation.com - SCAT retrieved 17 June 2015
- ^ "Kazakh Superjets". Airliner World: 10. November 2015.
- ^ "SCAT". Airliner World (October 2016): 8.
- ^ "Aircraft Fleet - SCAT Airlines". Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "SCAT Airlines - Company News". Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim (12 December 2017). "SCAT adds Vilnius service from May 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "IATA: Current Airline Members". Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim (16 September 2019). "SCAT / Azerbaijan Airlines plans codeshare service from late-Oct 2019". Routseonline. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 18.
- ^ "Aircraft Fleet". scat.kz. 25 October 2018.
- ^ SCAT Airlines Fleet Details and History planespotters.net, accessdate 18 September 2020
- ^ "ФОТО: На заводе в США собрали Boeing 737MAX для казахстанской SCAT". ato.ru. 17 March 2018.
- ^ "Kazakhstans SCAT Airlines orders two B737 MAX 9s". ch-aviation.com. 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Passenger plane crashes near Kazakh city of Almaty". BBC News. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30.
- ^ Gordeyeva, Maria (29 January 2013). "UPDATE 4-Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (27 July 2018). "Accident: SCAT B752 at Almaty on Jul 26th 2018, tail strike on go-around". Aviation Herald.
- "Orders and Deliveries". The Boeing Company.
External links
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