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|airline=Atyrau Airways
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|fleet_size=4 <small>(upon closure)</small>
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|IATA=IP
|ICAO=JOL
|callsign=EDIL
|parent=[[Euro-Asia Air]]
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|founded=1996
|ceased=2009
|headquarters= [[Atyrau]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|key_people=
|bases=[[Atyrau Airport]]
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'''Atyrau Airways''' was an [[airline]] based in [[Atyrau]], [[Kazakhstan]]. It operated scheduled and chartered passenger flights within the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] and to destinations in [[Europe]] out of its base at [[Atyrau Airport]],<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 52 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref> using a fleet of four [[Tupolev Tu-134|Tupolev Tu-134A]] aircraft.<ref>[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/airline_profiles/airlines_kazakhstan/atyrauairways.htm Information of Atyrau Airways at airlineupdate.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126052315/http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/airline_profiles/airlines_kazakhstan/atyrauairways.htm |date=January 26, 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:UN-65069@GUW.jpg|thumb|Atyrau Airways [[Tupolev Tu-134|Tupolev Tu-134A]] at [[Atyrau Airport]], (2011)]]

==History==
Atyrau Airways was established in 1996 as an airline as well as the operating company of Atyrau Airport. It became part of the '''Air Kazakhstan Group''' (which also comprised [[Air Kazakhstan]] and [[Irtysh Avia]]) in December 1999. In November 2000, the ownership of Atyrau Airways and Airport was transferred to [[Euro-Asia Air]], a subsidiary of state petroleum company [[KazTransOil]].<ref name="FI"/> On 13 July 2009, Atyrau Airways was included in the [[List of air carriers banned in the European Union]], along with all other Kazakh airlines with the exception of [[Air Astana]] due to the poor maintenance record of the country.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf List of Air Carriers banned in the European Union] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511062452/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf |date=May 11, 2012 }}</ref> Shortly thereafter (in October), its [[Air Operator's Certificate|airline license]] was revoked.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=8485 Information on Atyrau Airways at the Aviation Safety Network]</ref>

==References==
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{{Portalbar|Kazakhstan|Companies|Aviation}}
{{Airlines of Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Defunct airlines of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1996]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:Atyrau]]


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