SCAT Airlines

PLL SCAT Air Company
IATA ICAO Callsign
DV VSV VLASTA
Founded1997
Commenced operations1997
HubsŞymkent International Airport
Focus cities
SubsidiariesSunday Airlines
Fleet size32
Destinations60
HeadquartersŞymkent, Kazakhstan
Key peopleVladimir Denisov (President)
Websitescat.kz

SCAT Airlines, legally PLL SCAT Air Company, is a Kazakh civil airline. Its head office on located in Shymkent International Airport in Şymkent, Kazakhstan. It operates services to all major cities of Kazakhstan and its neighboring countries. Its main base is Şymkent Airport, with focus cities at Aqtau International Airport, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, and Almaty International Airport.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1997. Its name is the acronym of Special Cargo Air Transport.

SCAT Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8

SCAT founded Sunday Airlines as a new charter venture and subsidiary, for which SCAT operates four Boeing 757-200s and one Boeing 767-300ER.

In November 2017, the airline signed a firm contract for the purchase of six aircraft of the latest generation Boeing 737 MAX 8 with the American corporation Boeing. On 29 March 2018, the company's fleet replenished the first in the post-Soviet countries Boeing 737 MAX 8 (with CFM International LEAP-1B engines). This is the first of the six purchased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

In 2018, European airspace restrictions were lifted for SCAT Airlines[citation needed] and in May 2018, Vilnius became their first scheduled EU destination. In March 2018, SCAT Airlines was accepted as a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). SCAT Airlines became the second Kazakhstan airline included in the IATA register.

On March 13, 2019, the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was suspended in Kazakhstan.

On February 18, 2021, SCAT Airlines, the first outside the American continent, resumed regular commercial flights on Boeing 737 MAX after an almost two-year ban on the operation of these aircraft in Kazakhstan.

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

SCAT Airlines codeshares with Azerbaijan Airlines.

Fleet

As of December 2023, the SCAT Airlines fleet consists of these aircraft:

SCAT Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-300 4 144 144
Boeing 737-500 3 118 118
Boeing 737-700 1 149 149
Boeing 737-800 7 189 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 3 7 186 186 Launch CIS customer
Boeing 737 MAX 9 5 213 213 Launch CIS customer
Boeing 757-200 4 12 188 200
Boeing 767-300ER 1 32 268 300
Bombardier CRJ200 4 50 50
Total: 33 7

Incidents and accidents

  • On 29 January 2013, SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Kyzyltu during a low-visibility approach to Almaty International Airport. All 16 passengers and 5 crew were killed.
  • On 26 July 2018, a SCAT Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration UP-B5705 performing flight DV-5038, struck its tail onto the runway surface with 236 passengers and 9 crew while going around at Almaty International Airport. No passengers or crew suffered injuries. The aircraft, however, received substantial damage.

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