Karat (airline)

Infobox Airline
airline = Karat

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fleet_size = 26
destinations = 8
IATA = V2
ICAO = AKT
callsign = Aviakarat
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founded = 1993
headquarters = Moscow, Russia
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hubs = Vnukovo International Airport, Kazan International Airport
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Karat (Karat Air) was an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates scheduled services from Moscow and charter flights from Kazan, as well as VIP and business aviation services. Its main base is Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, with a hub at Kazan International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 99 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was established in 1993 as Karat Air Company (formerly known as Rikor). In 2004 it united with Tulpar Aviation to form Karat Air.

Destinations

As of January 2005 Karat Air operates the following services [Flight International 5-11 April 2005] :

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Cheboksary, Kazan, Moscow, Nadym, Nizhny Novgorod, Novy Urengoy and Rostov.
*International scheduled destinations: Baku.

Fleet

As of March 2007 the Karat Air fleet includes :

*3 Antonov An-24RV
*8 Tupolev Tu-134A
*1 Tupolev Tu-154B
*3 Tupolev Tu-154B-2
*4 Yakovlev Yak-40
*1 Yakovlev Yak-40K
*6 Yakovlev Yak-42D

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