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 SCAT AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 9 | |||||||
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| Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1997 | ||||||
| Hubs | Şymkent International Airport | ||||||
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| Subsidiaries | Sunday Airlines | ||||||
| Fleet size | 31 | ||||||
| Destinations | 60 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Şymkent,Kazakhstan | ||||||
| Key people | Sergei Masloboyev (director) and D.Sytnik | ||||||
| Website | scat.kz | ||||||
SCAT Airlines, legallyPLL SCAT Air Company, is anairline fromKazakhstan with its head office atShymkent International Airport inŞymkent.[2] It operates services to all major cities of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries. Its main base isŞymkent Airport, with focus cities atAqtau International Airport,Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, andAlmaty International Airport.[3]
The airline was established and started operations in 1997.[3] Its name is theacronym of Special Cargo Air Transport.[4]
SCAT founded Sunday Airlines as a new charter venture and subsidiary, for which SCAT operates four Boeing 757-200s and one Boeing 767-300ER.[5]
In November 2017, the airline signed a firm contract for the purchase of six aircraft of the latest generation Boeing 737 MAX 8 type with the American corporation Boeing. On 29 March 2018, the company's fleet replenished the first Boeing 737 MAX 8 (with CFM International LEAP-1B engines) in any post-Soviet country. This is the first of the six purchased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.[6]
In 2018, European airspace restrictions were lifted for SCAT Airlines[citation needed] and in May 2018,Vilnius became their first scheduled EU destination.[7][8] In March 2018, SCAT Airlines was accepted as a full member of theInternational Air Transport Association (IATA). SCAT Airlines became the second Kazakhstan airline included in the IATA register.[9]
On March 13, 2019, the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was suspended in Kazakhstan. On February 18, 2021, SCAT Airlines, becoming the first airline outside North America to do so, resumed regular commercial flights onBoeing 737 MAX after an almost two-year ban on the operation of these aircraft in Kazakhstan and elsewhere after two air crashes -Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018 in Indonesia andEthiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March 2019 in Ethiopia.[10][11][12]
SCAT Airlinescodeshares withAzerbaijan Airlines[13][14] andinterlines withAPG Airlines.[15]
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As of September 2025[update], SCAT Airlines operates the following aircraft:[16]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | — | — | 144 | 144 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 3 | — | — | 118 | 118 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | — | — | 149 | 149 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 8 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 6 | 4 | — | 186 | 186 | Launch CIS customer.[17][18] |
| Boeing 737 MAX 9 | 5 | — | — | 213 | 213 | Launch CIS customer. |
| Boeing 757-200 | 3 | — | — | 235 | 235 | Operated for Sunday Airlines. |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | — | 32 | 268 | 300 | Operated for Sunday Airlines. |
| Bombardier CRJ200 | 4 | — | — | 50 | 50 | |
| Total: | 32 | 4 | ||||
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