Euro-Asia Air

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{{Infobox Airline
|airline = Euro-Asia Air
|image =
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|IATA = 5B
|ICAO = EAK
|callsign = EAKAZ
|founded =
|commenced =
|ceased =
|hubs = [[Atyrau Airport]]
|secondary_hubs =
|focus_cities =
|frequent_flyer =
|lounge =
|alliance =
|subsidiaries =
|fleet_size = 7
|destinations =
|parent = KazMunayGas
|company_slogan =
|headquarters = [[Atyrau]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|key_people =
|website = [http://www.eaa.kz/ eaa.kz]
}}

'''Euro-Asia Air''' is an [[airline]] based in [[Atyrau]], [[Kazakhstan]]. It operates passenger services to [[Russia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Turkey]] and within the Asian republics. Its main base is [[Atyrau Airport]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 78 | date= 2007-04-03}}</ref>

== History ==
The airline started operations in May 1997.<ref name="FI"/> In November 2000, [[Atyrau Airways]] and [[Atyrau Airport]] were transferred to the ownership of Euro-Asia Air, a subsidiary of state petroleum company Kaztransoil.<ref>{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 52 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref> The airline is now wholly owned by KazMunayGas and has 412 employees (at March 2017).<ref name="FI"/>
The main activities of the company are rendering services for air transportation to legal entities and individuals. Performing flights for the development and development of mineral deposits, servicing oil pipelines, gas pipelines and power lines
"Euro-Asia Air" is the largest airline in Kazakhstan, specializing in helicopter operations and passenger transportation. Operating in accordance with international safety standards. The company operates a fleet of helicopter equipment of Russian and Western production and a fleet of passenger aircraft equipped with modern on-board equipment. The aircraft fleet consists of 19 aircraft, including: 11 Mi-8T helicopters (RF); 2 helicopters of model AS-365N3 (France); 2 Challenger-850 and Challenger-870 aircraft (Canada); 4 helicopters model Augusta Westland-139 (Italy).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 6, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511062452/http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf |archivedate=May 11, 2012 }}</ref>

== Fleet ==
[[File:Challenger-870.jpg|thumb|Challenger-870]]
The Euro-Asia Air fleet includes the following aircraft as of November 2012
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{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Euro-Asia Air Fleet'''
|- bgcolor=red
!Aircraft
!In Fleet
!Orders
!Passengers
!Notes

|-
|[[Bombardier CRJ700]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|70
|
|-
|[[Bombardier Challenger 850]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|TBA
|
|-
|[[AgustaWestland AW139]]
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|12
|
|-
|[[Mil Mi-8]]
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|TBA
|
|-
|[[Eurocopter AS365]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|TBA
|
|-
|}

</center>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.eaa.kz/}}

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