Air Astana

On 17 June 2008 at Astana’s International Airport, Air Astana presented a new Airbus A-320, symbolizing the development of regional and international aviation at the capital of Kazakhstan. The Airbus A-320 registered number Р4-WAS, “Whisky” was delivered from Airbus premises in Toulouse city to Astana to mark the 6th anniversary of the airline and 10th anniversary of Astana city.

On the 11 June on the board of national airline’s aircraft, Air Astana together with Voluntary Company of Mercy for Children‘s Summer Vacations promoted the actions of Air Astana’s gift to children.

In 2004, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), of which Air Astana is a member, set an ambitious goal to completely replace paper tickets with Electronic Tickets (E-Tickets) worldwide, by 1 June 2008.

The National Carrier of Kazakhstan has a social responsibility and considers the implementation of social projects as a very important task. This spring with the support of the Company three large projects were implemented. At the beginning of April Air Astana was an official carrier for the participants of a concert organised for the Families of children infected by the HIV-AIDS virus in the Southern region of Kazakhstan.

Kazkommertsbank and Air Astana signed an agreement, under which the processing centre of Kazkommertsbank will handle all internet payments in Kazakh for flights of the national carrier.

“Air Astana” JSC has started realization of the huge investment project aimed at aircraft anti-icing services improvements at the RK airports. The total cost of the project is almost 2 million USD.

Air Astana, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, achieved record growth during 2007, with available seat kilometers up by 42% to 6.5 billion compared to 2006. Passengers carried increased by 46% to 2.13 million, with associated revenue up by 48% for the year.

Air Astana, the rapidly-expanding flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has increased its Dubai flights to daily frequency to meet rising demand for travel to the central Asian republic, in partnership with its U.A.E General Sales Agency (GSA) Dnata Agencies.