Sayakhat Airlines or Sayakhat Air Company () was an airline based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It operated chartered cargo and passenger flights out of Almaty International Airport. History The airline was founded in 1989 by Vladimir Kouropatenko and Nikolai Alexeyevich Kuznetsov as the first private airline company in Kazakhstan. Flight operations started in 1991. Fleet The Sayakhat Airlines fleet included the following aircraft: 4 Ilyushin Il-76TD 3 Tupolev Tu-154M References External links Defunct airlines of Kazakhstan Airlines established in 1989 Airlines disestablished in 2012