Air Astana
Kazakhstan’s national airline grouping has taken delivery of its ninth Airbus А321LR [...]
Air Astana performs first in-house C-Check at Nur-Sultan MRO facility
Kazakhstan’s national carrier takes more heavy checks back home [...]
EBRD finances Kazakh flag carrier’s maintenance and training centre
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development lends US$50 million to Air Astana [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana returns to profit, but cautious on the remainder of the year
Domestic passengers grew 31 per cent over 2019 [...]
Kazakh LCC FlyArystan’s fleet grows to seven aircraft
Air Astana’s low-cost division continues expansion [...]
Air Astana expands A320neo support contract with GA Telesis
Kazakhstan’s national carrier has signed for Flight Hour programme for its entire neo fleet [...]
Kazakhstan resumes international air connection
Air Astana is re-launching flights to Georgia, South Korea and Turkey starting June 20 [...]
Air Astana launches a dedicated airfreight division
Air Astana Cargo to operate a fleet of three partly converted Boeing 767-300s [...]
Kazakhstan’s major airlines resume flights to regional centres
The airlines do not restrict the use of the 'middle seat' or require a COVID-19-negative certificate [...]
Kazakhstan to cautiously re-launch its air transport industry
The country’s domestic air travel market has been in full lockdown for more than a month [...]
S7 Technics to perform heavy maintenance work on Air Astana’s Boeing 757s
The Russian company is the only MRO provider beyond Urals qualified for the type's heavy maintenance [...]
Kazakhstan develops domestic market as all international air connections suspended
Central Asian country suspends all international routes until April 15 [...]
Air Astana takes delivery of its first new aircraft this year
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier brings in another Airbus A321LR [...]
Start-up budget carrier saves Kazakhstan’s passenger business from stagnation
Overall, the country’s aviation industry grew last year, but local airlines contributed only a little to the improvement [...]
Air Astana Group’s net profits took off in 2019
Performance was spurred mainly by increased demand for domestic services [...]
Launch of low-cost division lifts Air Astana Group’s traffic by 17 per cent
Without the inclusion of its FlyArystan subsidiary’s operational performance, Kazakhstan’s national carrier grew by a mere one per cent last year [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan carried 700,580 passengers in its first eight months
The central Asian country’s start-up budget airline is planning to grow its A320 fleet from four to 10 aircraft in 2020 [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan brings in a fourth aircraft and performs its first international flight
Zhukovsky, near to Moscow, is the Kazakh low-cost carrier’s first international destination [...]
Air Astana Group’s preliminary 2019 operational results suggest a ‘break-through’ year
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier and its LCC division have served an estimated 17% more passengers this year and anticipate further growth in 2020 [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana completes first in-house Airbus A320neo C-Check
Russian MRO specialist S7 Technics assisted the process at Almaty Airport [...]
Air Astana to launch new services from Almaty to Paris
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier will operate its new long-range A321neo LR narrow-body on the route [...]
Interview: Peter Foster, president and chief executive of Air Astana
‘When I entered the airline industry, it was inconceivable that I might end up running an airline in what was then in the Soviet Union’ [...]
All-Airbus operator FlyArystan to operate Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana, which is the owner of the LCC, is to order 30 B737 MAX 8s [...]
Air Astana completes its Embraer E190-E2 delivery contract
The Kazakhstan flag carrier now has five of the new-generation jets in its fleet [...]
FlyArystan carries 455,000 passengers in its first six months of service
Kazakhstan’s first low-cost carrier stimulates domestic market growth [...]
Air Astana extends its power-by-the-hour arrangement with AJW Group
A 14th year of PBH collaboration with aircraft spares specialist [...]
Low-cost FlyArystan receives its third aircraft and opens its 10th destination
The Kazakhstan start-up carrier is also preparing to launch flights to Moscow [...]
Air Astana’s Airbus fleet grows to 20 narrow-body aircraft
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has taken delivery of its fourth A321neo [...]
Air Astana becomes the first CIS operator of the long-range version of the A321neo
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier has a total of seven of the A321neo LR aircraft on order [...]
LCC FlyArystan to increase its fleet to 10 aircraft and the number of its destinations by a factor of five next year
Kazakhstan’s only budget airline is launching two more routes next month [...]
Air Astana switches Moscow airport to enhance relationship with S7 Airlines
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier is to transfer its flight operations from SVO to DME to build on its strategic partnership with Russia’s S7 [...]
Low-cost Kazakhstan carrier FlyArystan chooses its first regional base
The country’s only budget airline plans to operate up to 12 routes out of Karaganda [...]
Air Astana’s financial results improved in the first half of 2019
Even though the leading Kazakhstan carrier’s traffic remained flat [...]
S7 and Air Astana signed a codeshare deal
But key routes between allied nations are not yet included in the agreement [...]
Two new A320neos bring Air Astana’s new engine option fleet to six
The aircraft will be operated on flights inside Kazakhstan, as well as to China, India, Russia and Ukraine [...]
FlyArystan passes the 100,000 passengers mark in less than two months
The number of tickets sold by the Kazakhstan’s only LCC amounts to more than 185,000 [...]
New LCC FlyArystan served in excess of 51,000 passengers during its first month of operation
Kazakhstani first budget airline’s passenger load factor reached 93 per cent [...]
Air Astana postpones its Boeing 787 deliveries – again
The Kazakh national carrier blames an economic downturn in the country and the devaluation of its local currency [...]
LCC FlyArystan’s bookings exceed 100,000 in its first month of operations
More than half of the tickets were sold at a minimum price by Kazakh’s only discounter [...]
Third Air Astana Embraer E190-E2 arrives in Kazakhstan
Two more aircraft of the type are scheduled for delivery throughout 2019 [...]
LCC start-up FlyArystan targets 700,000 passengers this year
Kazakh airline is kicking off with domestic routes and aircraft inherited from its Air Astana parent [...]
Kazakhstan start-up FlyArystan takes delivery of its first A320
The country’s first low-cost carrier to start operations from May 1 [...]
Kazakhstan’s LCC FlyArystan to take delivery of two A320s in late April
The A320s are currently undergoing maintenance and re-configuration by S7 Technics [...]
Kazakhstan’s first LCC FlyArystan reveals its launch destinations
Air Astana start-up subsidiary is now open for business [...]
S7 Technics has commenced work under a five-year Air Astana MRO contract
This is the first international airline to agree a long-term and large-scale contract with Russian MRO provider [...]
Air Astana takes delivery of its second Embraer 190-E2 aircraft
The first commercial flight of the second E2 is expected on last day of March [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana net profit down 86% in 2018
Unaudited figures show higher revenues and soaring fuel costs in the period [...]
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana officially receives its first E-Jet-E2
E2s will help the flag carrier to open up new destinations in Eastern Europe and China. [...]
Air Astana is the world’s second operator of the Embraer E190-E2
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier takes delivery of the first of five new aircraft [...]
First low-cost carrier for Kazakhstan
The budget airline being launched by Air Astana and called FlyArystan is to operate an all-Airbus A320 fleet [...]