Euro-Asia Air is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Atyrau

Atyrau

Atyrau , known as Guryev until 1991, is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. It is located at the mouth of the Ural River, 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atyraou,...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. It operates passenger services to Russia

Russia

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, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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, Turkey

Turkey

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 and within the Asian republics. Its main base is Atyrau Airport

Atyrau Airport

ATMA Atyrau Airport is an airport in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.- History :ATMA obtained the operational rights of ATMA Atyrau Airport when the airport was privatized as a build and operate model in 1994. ATMA is a joint company which Mağdenli Yer Hizmetleri owns the 50 % of the shares and the remaining...

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History

The airline started operations in May 1997. In November 2000, Atyrau Airways and Atyrau Airport

Atyrau Airport

ATMA Atyrau Airport is an airport in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.- History :ATMA obtained the operational rights of ATMA Atyrau Airport when the airport was privatized as a build and operate model in 1994. ATMA is a joint company which Mağdenli Yer Hizmetleri owns the 50 % of the shares and the remaining...

 were transferred to the ownership of Euro-Asia Air, a subsidiary of state petroleum company Kaztransoil. The airline is now wholly owned by KazMunayGas and has 390 employees (at March 2007).
It is currently banned from flying within the European Union.

Fleet

The Euro-Asia Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

• 1 Gulfstream GIV-SP
  Gulfstream G400/G450
  The Gulfstream IV and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use. The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003.-Design and development:Gulfstream, in...
  
  
• 1 Ilyushin Il-76TD
  Ilyushin Il-76
  The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose four-engined strategic airlifter designed by Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a commercial freighter in 1967. Intended as a replacement for the Antonov An-12, the Il-76 was designed for delivering heavy machinery to remote, poorly-serviced areas...
  
  
• 1 Let L-410 UVP-E
  L-410
  The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engined short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer LET, mostly used for passenger transport. Since 1969 more than 1100 airframes have been produced.-Development:...
  
  
• 2 Tupolev Tu-134A
  Tupolev Tu-134
  The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...
  
  
• 2 Yakovlev Yak-40
  Yakovlev Yak-40
  The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner that is often called the first regional jet transport aircraft...