Tengrinews.kz — Astana Airport currently operates dozens of flights both within Kazakhstan and to international destinations. Tengrinews.kz has compiled an up-to-date list of destinations available to passengers for the summer of 2026.
According to airport data, the number of scheduled domestic flights has increased by 30 percent since June—from 752 to 984 per week. The air hub serves approximately 250 aircraft daily, performing an average of 262 takeoff and landing operations. Of these, around 90 are international flights, while another 172 are domestic.
International Flights
European and Russian Cities
Direct flights from Astana are available to:
- Belgrade (Serbia) — Scat.
- Warsaw (Poland) — LOT Polish Airlines.
- Larnaca (Cyprus) — Air Astana.
- Moscow (Russia) — Scat, Aeroflot.
- Podgorica (Montenegro) — Air Astana.
- Prague (Czech Republic) — Scat.
- Minsk (Belarus) — Belavia.
- Kazan (Russia) — Red Wings.
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) — Scat, Rossiya Airlines.
- Mineralnye Vody (Russia) — Red Wings.
- Frankfurt (Germany) — Air Astana, Lufthansa.
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Asia
Flights to Asian countries are available to the following destinations:
- Guangzhou (China) — Air Astana.
- Da Nang (Vietnam) — Air Astana, Scat, VietJet.
- Cam Ranh (Vietnam) — Air Astana, Scat, VietJet.
- Beijing (China) — Air Astana, Air China.
- Sanya (China) — Air Astana, Scat.
- Urumqi (China) — Fly Arystan, China Southern.
- Phu Quoc (Vietnam) — Air Astana, VietJet.
- Seoul (South Korea) — Air Astana.
- Male (Maldives) — Air Astana.
- Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) — Scat.
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Central Asia and the Caucasus
Direct flights are operated to:
- Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) — Vietjet Qazaqstan.
- Dushanbe (Tajikistan) — Somon Air.
- Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) — Fly Arystan.
- Samarkand (Uzbekistan) — Vietjet Qazaqstan.
- Tashkent (Uzbekistan) — Air Astana, Fly Arystan, Uzbekistan Airways, Centrum Air.
- Baku (Azerbaijan) — Azal.
- Batumi (Georgia) — Fly Arystan, Scat.
- Yerevan (Armenia) — Shirak Avia.
- Kutaisi (Georgia) — Fly Arystan.
- Tbilisi (Georgia) — Air Astana.
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Middle East, Turkey, and Egypt
Flights from the capital are also available to:
- Ankara (Turkey) — AJET.
- Antalya (Turkey) — Air Astana, Scat, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus.
- Bodrum (Turkey) — Turkish Airlines.
- Gazipasa (Turkey) — Fly Arystan.
- Dalaman (Turkey) — Air Astana.
- Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) — Air Astana.
- Doha (Qatar) — Air Astana.
- Dubai (UAE) — Air Astana, Flydubai.
- Istanbul (Turkey) — Air Astana, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus.
- Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) — Air Astana, Scat, Red Sea, Air Cairo.
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Domestic Flights
Astana Airport operates flights to 18 cities across the country:
- Almaty;
- Aktau;
- Aktobe;
- Atyrau;
- Kostanay;
- Kyzylorda;
- Uralsk;
- Oskemen;
- Shymkent;
- Semey;
- Turkistan;
- Taraz;
- Balkhash;
- Zhezkazgan;
- Petropavl;
- Taldykorgan;
- Urdzhar;
- Usharal.
Air Astana, FlyArystan, and SCAT handle the bulk of domestic air travel.
Meanwhile, only specific airlines operate on certain routes:
- Southern Sky operates flights to Urdzhar;
- Vietjet Qazaqstan exclusively serves Balkhash, Zhezkazgan, Petropavl, Taldykorgan, and Usharal;
- SCAT is the only airline flying to Taraz, while FlyArystan serves Semey and Turkistan.
In total, Astana Airport offers direct flights to 40 international destinations in 24 countries, as well as 18 cities within Kazakhstan.