Its main base is Shymkent International Airport, with focus cities at Aktau International Airport, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport and Almaty International Airport. [2] It operates services to all of the major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. I discovered they’re a Kazakh low cost airline, with hubs at Aktau, Shymkent and Almaty and Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan. My flight left Tbilisi at 2am so I headed to the Prime Class Lounge at Tbilisi for a few hours. Yeti Airlines are the parent company of Tara Air, which is why they are listed here together despite being shown separately in the AirlineRating rankings. 038 from China at Heathrow Airport on January 19, 2008 in London, England. This site uses cookies. In January 2013, all 21 people on board SCAT Airlines flight from Kokshetau to Almaty died when the aircraft crashed in poor weather near Kyzyltu. Annex B. Annex B of the EU list covers airlines which are restricted to operating only certain aircraft within the EU. SCAT were blacklisted from flying in the EU for many years, and have recently had the ban lifted – however they still don’t fly to Europe. This is the first of the six purchased Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. A Boeing list shows which planes are the world's safest. I’m in a Commodore DeLuxe cabin for this overnight crossing back to the UK (the minibar is included!) Tara Air maintains just as low a profile, internationally speaking, as Kam Air, although it operates in Nepal instead of Afghanistan. Kazakhstan-based SCAT Airlines' name doesn't do it any favors, even if you except the fact that its name is an acronym for something rather innocuous: "Special Cargo Air Transport." Multiple fatal accidents in 2010 and 2011 have not assisted this Nepalese based carrier’s rating which operates a fleet of eight aircraft in and out of the dangerous mountainous approaches in Nepal. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively approved a joint venture application from Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet for transborder travel, under certain conditions. 'Joe works to enrich himself. [7], In November 2017, the airline signed a firm contract for the purchase of six aircraft of the latest generation Boeing 737 MAX 8 with the American corporation Boeing. We eventually got airborne and commenced our flight towards Almaty. The site reveals that out of the 449 airlines studied, all four airlines received one star or less in the website’s seven-star safety ranking. Once again, I headed to the gate – to find out the flight was instead going to Atyrau. It operates services to all of the major cities of Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. The Malaysian carrier scored five out of a possible seven stars for its safety record, as opposed to five airlines which just manage one star. Three AirAsia subsidiaries - in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines - were included on the list, scoring just two, three and three stars respectively. My itinerary this evening started at Tbilisi in Georgia. I entered the check in hall and hoped that I’d be able to head airside to wait for my connection, which left 5 hours later. [9][10] In March 2018, SCAT Airlines was accepted as a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Is the airline on the European Union (EU) Blacklist? Does the airline operate only Russian built aircraft? We commenced an approach and landing into Almaty where we landed around two hours late. The only thing less likely than having heard about Kam Air is having the opportunity (or need, as it were) to fly it—based in Afghanistan, Kam Air is not an airline the average backpacker would fly these days, unless that backpack is owned by the U.S. military. A few minutes later, the flight was closed, and soon after that some passengers had been incorrectly boarded to the wrong flight and came back. Tara Air managed to accumulate just one out of seven stars. The world’s airlines carried a record 3.3 billion passengers on 27 million flights last year. The Australian-based website ranked the rest of its top ten in alphabetical order, with British Airways, Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways, and Lufthansa finding a place on the list. Immigration was quite a lengthy process, the border guard didn’t seem to have got the message that Kazakhstan had gone visa-free for EU citizens a week earlier, but eventually all was OK and I was granted entry into Kazakhstan. Welcome aboard @dfds_uk sailing from Amsterdam to Newcastle! Kazakhstan’s removal from European Commission blacklisting has followed a sustained effort to modernise and revamp its air safety oversight. Finally, the flight to Almaty was called for boarding – and I made sure my boarding pass was scanned before I headed to the bus. Their terrible name caught my attention, and the airline absolutely intrigued me. The inclusion of Nepal Airlines among the world's most dangerous airlines is particularly interesting when you consider it doesn't fly to the Himalayan airport of Lukla, which many consider to be the world's most dangerous airport, and is a necessary stop en route to Everest Base Camp. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images). © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. 21:47 China criticizes Facebook's state media rules 21:16 Armenia State Revenue Committee has new chairman 21:13 Armenia MFA: SCAT Airlines organizes Nur-Sultan - Yerevan chartered flight 21:07 Armenia Lori Province governor: 135 employees of Vanadzor sewing factory have COVID-19 20:57 Armenia Commandant signs decision on banning operation of 2 Yerevan kindergartens Read our policy. In January 2013, all 21 people on board SCAT Airlines flight from Kokshetau to Almaty died when the aircraft crashed in poor weather near Kyzyltu. The site reveals that out of the 449 airlines studied, all five airlines received one star or less in the website’s seven-star safety ranking. None of the airlines below attained any more than two out of seven stars. The airline was involved in two major crashes last year when Flight MH370 went missing in March 2014 carrying 239 people. Following the recent plane crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people, multiple operators have suspended the Boeing 737 MAX 8 from flying worldwide. @inflightvideo could probably help me clear out the contents... 4. Despite these incidents, major airlines remain relatively very safe. Unsafe airlines, it seems, fly everywhere. Watch Later Remove Cinema Mode. After a pretty firm landing, we taxied in and headed for the international arrivals area. For all its problems with two tragic flights in 2014, Malaysia Airlines earned five out of seven stars. PIA Pakistan’s MYSTERY Replacement Airline. If your travel plans will soon take you to Kazakhstan, you might want to choose from among less unsafe airlines, such as Air Astana. 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Having experienced nearly a dozen fatal accidents in the past three decades, in spite of a relatively modest flight schedule, Nepal Airlines gets just one star (out of a potential seven) from AirlineRatings.com, a site which ranks airline safety using a number of metrics. There were quite a few Westerners sleeping overnight, many heading to work at the various oil and gas fields in Kazakhstan. Next up was the now-defunct Australian Airlines, followed by Air Florida, another former carrier. Correction, October 14, 2019: The post previously referred to Nepal as a kingdom, when in fact the monarchy was abolished in 2008. I write about all things travel, from air miles hacks to hidden gems. Tara Air is relatively easy for most travelers to avoid, since it operates exclusively to rural destinations in Nepal, but if you want to explore the foothills of the Himalaya, and don't have the time to endure the long overland journey from Kathmandu, you may find yourself with little choice but to fly Tara Air, which is doubtlessly one of the world's most dangerous airlines. I asked where we had to go, and was told ‘Wait’. In July 2014, MH17 was hit by a missile as they it was flying over the Ukraine during its battle with Russia. It named Australia’s national airline as the safest on the planet. 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