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Air Bishkek Airline (Russian: Эйр Бишкек) is an airline based in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan with its operational base at Manas International Airport. It was founded in 2004 as Kyrgyz Airways and renamed in 2006. In 2011 the airline was again rebranded into Air Bishkek. Due to alleged poor safety standards in Kyrgyzstan the airline is included in the List of air carriers banned in the European Union since 12 October 2006.