Air Astana and Air India enter codeshare partnership

The codeshare partnership enables Air Astana and Air India, India’s leading global
airline, to strengthen cooperation on key routes between Kazakhstan and India,
covering Air Astana’s services between Almaty-Delhi and Almaty-Mumbai. Under the
agreement, Air India will place its ‘AI’ designator code on Air Astana-operated flights,
allowing Air Astana to offer customers greater connectivity and convenience for
travel between two countries.

Peter Foster, the Air Astana Group’s CEO, commented: “We are delighted to have
concluded a comprehensive codeshare agreement with Asia’s oldest airline. Air India
is an exceptionally well-managed business which operates a comprehensive network
of flights to, from and across India, the world’s most populous country and one of the
fastest growing travel markets. India is of key strategic importance to the Air Astana
Group as we increase flights from Kazakhstan to Delhi, Mumbai and Goa. The
codeshare will accelerate the increasingly strong business, tourist and student traffic
flows between our two countries”.

Campbell Wilson, CEO, Air India, commented: “Our new codeshare partnership with
Air Astana creates stronger air links to Kazakhstan, a fast-growing market with
immense potential for tourism. Beyond serving leisure travel demand, our
partnership will also support trade and cultural exchanges between our two
countries, while bringing a new destination in Central Asia closer to our customers.”

The new arrangement builds on an existing interline partnership between Air Astana
and Air India that began earlier in 2025. Under this agreement, Air Astana customers
have already enjoyed convenient connections via Delhi and Mumbai to 18
destinations across India, as well as nine international destinations served by Air
India. At the same time, Air India passengers have gained access to Air Astana’s
network through Almaty, connecting to key cities in Central Asia and China, including
Astana (Kazakhstan), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Dushanbe
(Tajikistan), and Urumqi (China).