Aircraft Photo of UP-Y4026 | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Aibike | AirHistory.net #644802
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:UP-Y4026
Aircraft Original Type:Yakovlev Yak-40
Aircraft Generic Type:Yakovlev Yak-40
Aircraft Version:Yakovlev Yak-40
C/n (msn):9510639
Operator Titles:Aibike / Atyrau Air Ways
Local Operator Name:Айбике
Location
City / Airport:AlmatyMap
Country:Kazakhstan
Airport Codes:ICAO: UAAA   IATA: ALA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:2 July 2016
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 644802
Photo Comment

Built in March 1975 as CCCP-87337 and operated by Aeroflot Kazakhstan. Leased to Riga based Transeast Airlines initially retaining CCCP-87337 and later as '87337' and UN-87337. To Kazakhstan Airlines operating for Aktyubinskavia by December 1995 and transferred to Euro-Asia Air in July 1997. Registered as UP-Y4026 in October 2009. Large 'Aibike' titles and small Atyrau titles on the nose. Russianplanes.net lists Aibike as a short-lived airline from Azerbaijan, apparently operational circa 2007 to 2011. Dismantled by April 2019, the fuselage was still stored in a yard close to the airport in May 2023.

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