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Air Astana comes of age
Air Astana has celebrated 21 years of operations as it enjoyed its best ever full year results in 2022.
The airline’s maiden flight took place from Almaty to Astana in 2002.
It has enjoyed consistent profitably without the support of shareholders or government funding.
For the full year 2022, Air Astana and its LCC FlyArystan jointly carried 7.35 million passengers.
Between them, the airlines currently serve over 90 destinations in Kazakhstan, Asia and Europe with a fleet of 43 Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft.
FlyArystan carried more than 3.2 million passengers to domestic and International destinations in 2022.
Other notable achievements over the years have included the launch in 2008 of the Ab-initio pilot training scheme, which has delivered 300 qualified pilots to the airline.
In 2007 it introduced the Nomad frequent flyer scheme.
“Air Astana’s 21st Anniversary gives true cause for celebrationwith an exciting new era of sustainable growth in the future,” said Peter Foster, CEO.
“My sincere thanks go out to every one of our 6,000 dedicated staff and the millions of customers “.
Air Astana is looking to the future with plans for significant further development of the fleet.
Since the beginning of 2022, the Group has received eight new aircraft, with seven more aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of 2023.
Air Astana will launch new services to Tel Aviv in Israel and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia later this year.
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