Turkmenistan Airlines

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OJSC Turkmenistan Airlines
Turkmen: «Türkmenistan» awiakompaniýasy[1]
Turkmenistan Airlines logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
T5 TUA TURKMENISTAN
Founded1992; 29 years ago (1992)
HubsAshgabat International Airport
Focus cities
  • Turkmenabat Airport
  • Turkmenbashi Airport
Fleet size29
Destinations6 [2]
Parent companyGovernment of Turkmenistan
HeadquartersAshgabat, Turkmenistan
Key peopleDovran Saburov, CEO[3]
Websiteturkmenistanairlines.tm

OJSC[4] Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmen: «Türkmenistan» awiakompaniýasy açyk görnüşli paýdarlar jemgyýeti[5], commonly known as Türkmenhowaýollary; Russian: Туркменховаёллары) is the flag carrier and only airline of Turkmenistan, headquartered in Ashgabat.[6] It operates domestic and international passenger and cargo services mainly from its hub at Ashgabat International Airport.

History[]

The state-owned service Turkmenistan Airlines was founded 4 May 1992.[7][8] In 1992, Turkmenistan Airlines became the first airline in the former Soviet Union to purchase a Boeing 737-300.[9] In April 1993, Turkmenistan became a full member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The first flight on a cargo aircraft IL-76 was completed 19 April 1993 from Ashgabat to Brest, Belarus.[10]

From 2001, the airline phased out its Soviet-era fleet for a more modern fleet of Boeing 717s, which were extensively used for service on domestic routes until their retirement. Seven of the 717 series were purchased; the first was presented at the MAKS air show in 2001.[11] On 29 April 2009 a Boeing 737-700 was demonstrated in Ashgabat and on 2 September Boeing announced that Turkmenistan Airlines had confirmed an order for three more such aircraft worth $192 million.[12] Autumn airline supplemented by three Boeing airliners. In May 2009, the airline opened the Lachyn (Turkmen: Laçyn) Hotel in Ashgabat for transit passengers. Designed for 200 guests, it is located on Bitarap Türkmenistan şaýoly, which connects the city center to the Ashgabat Airport.[13][14] On 1 July 2011, the airline began to operate an Electronic ticket system[15][16] on all flights. Booking flights can be carried out in the standard way, but the information about air travel began to given out in the form of a passenger itinerary receipt.[17]

On 8 May 2013, a Boeing 737-800 was delivered.[18][19] on 3 June 2013 a fourth Boeing 737-800 arrived.,[20] and on 18 December 2013 a fifth Boeing 737-800 arrived.[21]

In 2012, the airline began printing the full-colour magazine Lachyn ("Falcon"). This was the first in-flight product in Turkmenistan. The magazine is also distributed in the halls for official delegations and VIP-zones of airports in Turkmenistan.[22] In the same year, the airline carried 57,500 passengers to 15 international destinations and approx. 90,000 passengers on domestic routes per month (c. 1.77 million passengers per year).[23]

In January 2013 regular cargo flights to Brno commenced.[10] In March 2013 a new ticket sales centre was opened at 61 Atatürk Street. This building houses 30 sales offices; 17 for domestic flights and 13 for international routes.[24] In August 2013 a regular passenger flight to Lviv was started.[25] In October of the same year, flights to Donetsk[26] and Riga commenced [27] followed in December by the first scheduled service to Western Europe - Paris.[28] In March 2014, Turkmenistan Airlines announced that it was to commence long-haul flights using its newly acquired Boeing 777-200LRs.[29] The aircraft are currently utilized on flights to Bangkok, Beijing, Birmingham, Delhi and Istanbul.[30]

On 4 February 2019, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) suspended Turkmenistan Airlines' permission to fly in the EU.[31] This forced the airline to terminate its routes to the United Kingdom, France and Germany. In December, Turkmenistan Airlines resumed regular passenger traffic to European Union countries after a 10-month break.[32]

In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and for the safety of passengers, Turkmenistan Airlines suspended all international regular passenger flights in March 2020.[33][34][35][36] In order to prevent the import and spread of coronavirus infection, all planes arriving in Turkmenistan from abroad are redirected to the Turkmenabat International Airport[37] or Turkmenbashi International Airport.

Since March 2021, Turkmenistan Airlines switched to the new Piece Concept baggage system.[38][39]

Destinations[]

Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 737-800
Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 757-200
Turkmenistan Airlines Boeing 777-200LR
Turkmenistan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main article: List of Turkmenistan Airlines destinations

As of March 2021, Turkmenistan Airlines operates flights to only 6 domestic destinations from its hub at Ashgabat International Airport as well as some additional minor and mainly domestic operations from Turkmenabat Airport and Turkmenbashi Airport.[40][41] The airline also operates dedicated cargo flights.

Codeshare agreements[]

Turkmenistan Airlines has code share agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet[]

Current fleet[]

Turkmenistan Airlines British Aerospace BAe-125-1000B

As of June 2021, the Turkmenistan Airlines commercial passenger fleet is all-Boeing. The full fleet (commercial passenger, VIP, cargo) consists of the following aircraft:[42]

Turkmenistan Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-700 2 — 8 118 126
— 149 149
Boeing 737-800 8 — 16 144 160
Boeing 757-200 3 — 16 173 189
Boeing 777-200LR 3 — 28 263 291
VIP fleet
British Aerospace 125 2 — VIP
Boeing 737-700 1 — VIP
Boeing BBJ1 1 — VIP
Boeing 777-200LR 1 — VIP
Bombardier Challenger 870 1 — VIP
Cargo fleet
Ilyushin Il-76TD 8 — Cargo
Airbus A330-200P2F — 2 Cargo Delivery starts from 2022.[43][44]
Total 27 3

Historical fleet[]

Turkmenistan Airlines historically has operated the following aircraft:

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