History
The airline was originally Aeroflot Kyrgyzstan Directorate and was established in 1992. It signed a co-operation agreement with Aeroflot in October 1997 covering new scheduled services, aircraft maintenance, ticketing and marketing.
On 2 January 2002 the airline moved its head office to the Kyrgystan Airlines Sales Agency building of Manas International Airport. Previously the head office was also on the grounds of the airport.
In 2005 the airline went bankrupt and was taken over by Altyn Air, which was rebranded as Kyrgyzstan in 2007.
The airline was owned by the government (81%), private shareholders (11%) and the Soial Foundation (8%).
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