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Air Astana Becomes the Official Airline Partner of FC Kairat
Air Astana has announced its partnership with Kairat, one of Kazakhstan’s most established football clubs, becoming the club’s official airline partner. The airline congratulated Kairat on their participation in the Champions League and wished them success in the upcoming matches. As part of this collaboration, Air Astana will play a key role in the club’s international travels.
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Air Astana Receives 5-Star Rating from APEX for the 6th Consecutive Year
Air Astana has been awarded the highest Five-Star rating by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) in the “Major Airlines” category. The airline has earned this prestigious recognition for the sixth year in a row. The award ceremony took place at the APEX/IFSA Global EXPO in California, United States. Zhamilya Zhaxybekova, Manager of the Inflight Services Department at Air Astana,…
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Air Astana Adopts AI-Based Pricing Analysis Platform
Kazakhstan’s largest airline group, Air Astana, has begun using AirGain, a pricing analysis platform developed by India-based technology company RateGain, to strengthen its revenue management strategy. The AI-powered system not only tracks ticket prices across competing airlines, online travel agencies, and booking platforms, but also identifies market trends and anomalies, enabling a rapid response to shifts in demand. Erbolat Baysalykhov,…
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Air Astana and Air India enter codeshare partnership
The codeshare partnership enables Air Astana and Air India, India’s leading globalairline, to strengthen cooperation on key routes between Kazakhstan and India,covering Air Astana’s services between Almaty-Delhi and Almaty-Mumbai. Under theagreement, Air India will place its ‘AI’ designator code on Air Astana-operated flights,allowing Air Astana to offer customers greater connectivity and convenience fortravel between two countries. Peter Foster, the Air…
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Air Astana Prepares GE Engine Stock for Boeing 787-9 Fleet
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana has announced plans to build a reserve stock of General Electric GEnx-1B engines to support its upcoming long-haul operations. Chief Financial Officer Ibrahim Janlyel emphasized that this step is of strategic importance to ensure the safe and uninterrupted operation of the airline’s new Boeing 787-9 aircraft. 👉🏼 Air Astana has three Boeing 787-9s on…
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Air Astana and China Southern Airlines sign codeshare agreement
On 29 July 2025, Air Astana and China Southern Airlines signed a codeshare agreement, with cooperation on trunk routes between Kazakhstan and China providing travellers with more flight options. The codeshare agreement covers Air Astana routes operated from Almaty to Beijing Capital, Almaty to Urumqi and Almaty to Guangzhou, as well as Astana to Beijing. For China Southern Airlines, the…
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Air Astana Named Best Airline in Central Asia and the CIS
Air Astana Named Best Airline in Central Asia and the CIS At the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards, held during the Paris–Le Bourget International Air Show, the Air Astana Group once again achieved major success by receiving several prestigious honors. For the 14th consecutive year, Air Astana was awarded the title of “Best Airline in Central Asia and the CIS”,…
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Air Astana Launches Direct Flights Between Atyrau and Tbilisi
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana continues to expand its network in the Caucasus region. The airline has successfully operated its inaugural flight from the city of Atyrau, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Ceremonies were held at both Atyrau and Tbilisi airports to mark the first flight, and the event was celebrated…
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Air Astana Adjusts India Schedule 🇰🇿✈️🇮🇳
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana has announced changes to its flight schedule due to ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India. The airline has suspended its Almaty–New Delhi flights until May 18 for security reasons. Almaty–Mumbai flights will continue but via a longer route. Additionally, the airline plans to operate three repatriation flights to bring back Kazakh citizens and other passengers.
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Air Astana launches direct flights from western Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan
Air Astana will launch direct flights from Atyrau in western Kazakhstan to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on 31st May 2025. The new service will be operated three times a week using Airbus A320/A321 aircraft, with a flight time of 1 hour 25 minutes outbound and 1 hour 35 minutes return. Flight KC277 will depart from Atyrau on Mondays and…
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