At Krasnoyarsk in 1992 to operate feeder services and undertake aerial work with helicopters. By 2000, Director General V. M. Shurkin’s fleet includes 5 Antonov An-2s, 4 Let L-410UVPs, and 3 Mil Mi-8s.
KHABAROVSK UNITED AIR DETACHMENT (KHABAROVSKI OAO). See DAK FAR EASTERN AVIATION (KHABAROVSK UNITED AIR DETACHMENT); DALAVIA
KHAKASIA AIRLINES: Abakan Airport, Abakan, Krasnoyarsk Region, 662608, Russia; Phone 7 (39022) 63061; Fax 7 (39022) 50588; Code BKN; Year Founded 1997. An associate of Abakan Avia, Abankanskoe Avioapredpriatie (Abakan Air Enterprise) is renamed in late 1997. Director General B. M. Kochetov continues non-scheduled operations over a domestic route network with 5 Antonov An-24s, 2 Let L-410s, 6 Tu-154Bs, plus 5 Mil Mi-8 and 10 Mi-2 helicopters.
Flights continue in 1998-2000, during which years Nikolai Merelkov becomes director general and the fixed-wing fleet is reduced to 4 each An-24RVs and Tu-154Bs.
KHALIFA AIRWAYS, S. A.: Lotissement Ben Haddadi, No. 61, Algiers, Algeria; Phone 0825-0825-01; Http://www. khalifaairways-dz. com; Code K6; Year Founded 1999. Under the Algerian government’s newly liberalized commercial aviation rules, the private Khalifa is established by Rafik Khalifa at Algiers in early 1999 as a subsidiary of his Khalifa Group, which also includes Khalifa Bank and KRG Pharm. Delivery of a Next Generation B-737-86N is taken on April 14 and the GECAS-owned Boeng is immediately subchartered to Pegasus Airlines (Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi, A. S.).
On June 27, orders are placed for a pair of Airbus Industrie A310-324s that have come off lease with Aeroflot Russian International Airlines (ARIA) . The first unit, christened Melissa, arrives on July 7 and the second later in the summer. Employing the pair of leased Airbus Industrie A310-324s, revenue flights to Oran are launched on September 9. Links to Constantine, Lyon, Marseilles, and Paris follow.
On April 5,2000, an A340-211 is leased from Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S. A. The aircraft will operate in full Savena livery with Khalifa titles.
During the spring, two A320-231s are chartered from Transaer International Airlines, Ltd. A frequent-flyer program is unveiled on June 1, as is a program giving discounts to customers of the Khalifa Bank. Roundtrips between Oran and Toulouse commence on June 2. A third leased A310-324 arrives on June 12 and is christened Farida.
The Transaer machines are returned in late July and early August.
Arrangements are completed with Avions de Transport Aerien on August 18 for the purchase of four new ATR72-520s and the charter of four used ATR42-320s.
Thrice-weekly nonstop roundtrips are inaugurated on August 25 between Algiers and Barcelona. At the same time, twice-weekly service from Algiers to Alicante via Oran is also begun.
By October 1, the carrier has received three ATR42-320s; the first ATR42-520 arrives on October 9.
The company’s 18th and 19th domestic lines are initiated on October 22 with daily roundtrips from Algiers to Batna and to Tiaret.
The fourth ATR72-520 is received on November 23. The turboprops are employed on the 19 domestic routes to such points as Batna, Bejaia, El-Oued, Hassi-Messaoud, Ghardaia, Tiaret, and Tlemcen. It is anticipated that flights to Adrar, Bechar, Biskra, and Timimoun will start before year’s end.
A lease is signed with AI Leasing on December 1 for the five-year charter of two more A310-324s. On December 29, arrangements are completed for the renewal of the lease of a GECAS-owned Next Generation B-737-86N, currently being operated by Pegasus Airlines (Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi, A. S). A new Classe Executive business-class service is introduced at the end of the year as the company quietly takes over control its smaller rival, Antinea Airlines, S. A.
KHARKOV UNITED AIR DETACHMENT: Kharkov Airport, Kharkov, 310031, Ukraine; Phone 380 (0572) 520 163; Fax 380 (0572) 516-907; Year Founded 1992. KUAD is set up at Kharkov Airport in 1992 as the domestic charter subsidiary of Air Ukraine. A. N. Chekhov is CEO and he undertakes flights with a fleet of Antonov An-24s and Tupolev Tu-134As leased from the parent.
Service is maintained during the remainder of the decade. Enplane-ments in 1998 total 11,000, but are more than halved in 1999, falling to just 6,000.
Twenty people are employed by the carrier at the beginning of 2000.
KHAZAR AIRLINE: Turkmenbashy Airport, Turkmenbashy, 745007, Turkmenistan; Phone 7 (43222) 954 154; Fax 7 (43222) 75841; Code KHR; Year Founded 1992. Originally established at Krasnovodsk in May 1940 as an airport and charter operation, Khazar blossoms in 1992 when the city is renamed. Turkmenistan Airlines now acquires full shareholding and Mered Myhiyev is named director general. The mixed-purpose concern is outfitted with a fleet of 3 Antonov An-2s, 1 An-24, and 5 An-26s.
Flights, both scheduled and charter, are increased to regional, domestic, and international destinations. Airline employment totals 849 in 2000 and fleet now boasts 5 An-24Bs, 3 An-24RVs, and 5 An-26s.
KHMER AKAS (CAMBODIAAIR): Cambodia (1970-1975). In October 1970, American interests create Air Alliance, a Continental Air Service subsidiary (the U. S. major Continental Airlines is CAS parent) designed specifically to assist in the organization and operation of Phnom Penh-based Khmer Akas (Cambodia Air), which is publicly established by a Cambodian businessman.
Certified to provide both domestic and international scheduled passenger services, KA is outfitted with 6 Douglas DC-3s. Initial service from Battambang to Phnom Penh is inaugurated on October 21.
Operations continue apace in 1971-1975. Flying passenger routes to Saigon, Bangkok, and local destinations, often on behalf of the national flag carrier Air Cambodge, S. A., Khmer is best known as a well-maintained cargo operator specializing in the transport of goods to small towns and provincial capitals. Although no aircraft are lost to hostile action, the company ceases operations after the fall of the country to the Khmer Rouge in April of the latter year.
KHORS AIR COMPANY: 16 Volinskaya St., Kiev, 252133, Ukraine; Phone 380 (044) 295-7731; Fax 380 (044) 294-9811; http:// www. khors, com, us; Code X9; Year Founded 1990. Khors is set up at Kiev in 1990 to provide international, regional, and domestic charters, both passenger and all-cargo. Edward Samoilov is CEO and he begins revenue services with a fleet of 10 Ilyushin Il-76TDs, 4 Antonov An-12s, and 1 An-26.
While on final approach to Cafunfo, Angola, on a June 24, 1996, service from Luanda, the An-26 with eight crew experiences problems with its No. 1 engine. While attempting a missed approach procedure, the pilot loses control and the aircraft makes a belly landing near the runway and catches fire (four dead).
Flights continue during the remainder of the year and in 1997-1998. Regularly visited destinations include Dubai, Kiev, and Tivat.
Anatol Vissotchanski is director general in 1999 and his fleet includes 4 An-12s, 7 Il-76TDs, and 1 each An-24 and An-26. At the end of the year, a leased Douglas DC-9-51 is acquired.
In 2000, two An-12s are withdrawn. AirlinersOnline. com reports on July 27 that the concern is now offering passenger charters with a Tupolev Tu-154M.
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