Air Manas takes delivery of 1st A220-300
Following our report of 16 March 2021, Air Manas has now taken delivery of its first A220-300. The aircraft, registered EX-22002 (550072) arrived at Bishkek on 26 April. It's leased from GTLK, the Russian State Transport Leasing Company and had been stored at Maastricht since 28 October 2020.
The airline was founded in 2006 and launched flights in 2009. In 2012, 49% of the shares were acquired by Pegasus Airlines from Turkey and the airline was rebranded into Pegasus Asia. In 2019, Pegasus sold off its shares and the airline ceased operations and has been dormant since then.
Air Manas is planning to deploy the aircraft, featuring 145 seats in a single-class configurations, on domestic and regional operations. It also plans to add a second A220-300 on lease from GTLK later this year.