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{{Infobox Airline
| airline = Qazaq Air
|logo=QA.png
|logo_size=200
| image =
| image_size =
| IATA = IQ
| ICAO = ZXZ
| callsign = QAZAQ AIR
| founded = 1 April 2015
| commenced = 27 August 2015
| hubs = [[Almaty International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs =
| focus_cities = [[Shymkent International Airport]], [[Astana International Airport]]
| alliance =
| subsidiaries =
| fleet_size = 3
| destinations = 9
| parent =
| company_slogan =
| headquarters = [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| key_people =
| website = [https://www.flyqazaq.com/en flyqazaq.com]
}}

'''Qazaq Air''' ({{lang-kk|'''Қазақ Эйр'''}}, ''Qazaq Éyr'', قازاق ەير) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[airline]], a subsidiary company of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna. Based in [[Almaty International Airport]], created with the purpose to provide regional flights. The main mission of "Qazaq Air" airline – to connect the regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and thus to improve their economic development.

==History==
"Qazaq Air" was officially founded in April 2015 by the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna. The airline was launched in Astana on 6 July 2015 with a flight from Almaty.
The first passenger flight was operated on 27 August 2015, on Almaty-Astana route. It was announced that during first five days of operation more than 900 passengers used airline’s services.

==Destinations==
Nowadays Qazaq Air operates wide network of flights within Kazakhstan connecting South, North and West of the Republic.

<center>
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Qazaq Air destinations'''
|- bgcolor=Purple
! Route
! Weekly frequencies
! Remarks
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Astana International Airport|Astana]]
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Shymkent International Airport|Shymkent]]
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Pavlodar Airport|Pavlodar]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Kostanay Airport|Kostanay]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Shymkent International Airport|Shymkent]] - [[Pavlodar Airport|Pavlodar]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Shymkent International Airport|Shymkent]] - [[Aktobe Airport|Aktobe]]
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Aktobe Airport|Aktobe]] - [[Atyrau Airport|Atyrau]]
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Astana International Airport|Astana]] - [[Taldykorgan]]
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Kyzylorda Airport|Kyzylorda]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|[[Almaty International Airport|Almaty]] - [[Semey Airport|Semey]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inform.kz/eng/article/2896619|title=Qazaq Air opens Amaty-Semey services from 06 May 2016|publisher=Kazinform|date=25 April 2016|accessdate=25 April 2016}}</ref>
|}
</center>

==Previous routes==
Qazaq Air operated Kostanay - Aktobe route during October 2015. Due to low load factor destination was ceased. Airline has plans to reopen destination during Summer navigation 2016.

Qazaq Air ceased Almaty - Taldykorgan destination in March 2016.

== Fleet ==
The fleet of the airline consists of three brand-new [[Bombardier Q400|Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop]] aircraft: P4-AST, P4-NUR, and P4-QAZ, which are leased by [[Falcon Aviation Services]]. Aircraft cabin has an all-economy class layout. The advantages of this aircraft type are high standards of safety, improved cost saving, reliability, bright cabin, increased luggage space and lower noise levels, compared to other turboprop aircraft types.

<center>
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|+ '''Qazaq Air fleet'''
|- bgcolor=MidnightBlue
! Aircraft
! In Service
! Seats
! Notes
|-
|align="center"|[[Bombardier Dash 8]]
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|78 (P4-QAZ has 76 layout)
|2 to be delivered in 2016
|}
</center>

==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.flyqazaq.com/en Qazaq Air Official Website] {{en icon}} {{kz icon}} {{ru icon}}
*[https://m.planespotters.net/airline/Qazaq-Air Qazaq Air Fleet Details and History]

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

[[Category:Airlines of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 2015]]
[[Category:Companies of Kazakhstan]]

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