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Kazakhstan to write off old passenger planes by November 2012
All the planes, not approved by ICAO in terms of safety will be written off before November 1, 2012: Transport Minister.
14 июня 2012
Air Astana introduced $75 service charge on international flights
Air Astana has introduced a service charge for issuing tickets for international flights in sales offices and agencies starting from June 1.
12 июня 2012
Kazakhstan mulls reopening flights to Dubai
The issue was raised at the meeting of Askar Shokybayev with Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
12 июня 2012
Air Astana to launch Astana-Beijing flight
Aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and China have agreed on a direct connection between the two capitals.
12 июня 2012
Runways expose passengers to danger in some Kazakhstan cities
The aircrafts land on worndown runways exposing passengers to danger in Kostanay, Petropavlovsk, Semey, Taldykorgan and Taraz: MP.
12 июня 2012
Air Astana Airline incurs losses of $11 million
Kerosene price hiked by almost 200% compared to 2010.
19 апреля 2012
Kazakhstan will have 8 new international flights in 2012
Air Astana and SCAT air companies will launch 8 new international routes by the end of 2012.
13 апреля 2012
Kazakhstan air companies are in EU black list
Kazakhstan air companies, except for Air Astana, got into the EU black list again.
10 апреля 2012
Kazakhstan residents will not fly directly to Dubai
Dubai aviation authorities have stopped admitting Kazakhstan airplanes to their airports.
10 апреля 2012
Air Astana stops using Fokker 50
Air Astana is terminating exploitation of Fokker 50 planes.
09 апреля 2012
Air Astana raising domestic flights prices
Air Astana air company is raising cost of its domestic flights tickets 16%.
04 апреля 2012
Zhumagaliyev called for more competition at local airlines market
Askar Zhumagaliyev has considered complaints of MPs about the monopolist airline Air Astana.
06 февраля 2012
Aviation fuel shortages explained
Production of kerosene has come to normal. No shortages can be seen. In January a total of 32 500 tons have been produced.
18 января 2012
Kazakhstan’s airlines to launch new flights to major destinations: Transport Minister
The Ministry is working to accommodate international flights of foreign airlines.
28 сентября 2011
Air Astana to launch six new flights
National air company Air Astana plans to launch regular flights to six new destinations.
24 сентября 2011
BAE Systems may sell part of its stake in Air Astana within People’s IPO
No final decision has been taken yet. However, it is clear that Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund will retain its majority stake: Peter Foster, Air Astana President.
22 сентября 2011
Minister of Transport and Communications critisized Air Astana for flight delays
Main reasons behind delays are late arrivals of aircrafts (64 percent), aircrafts failures (9 percent) and weather conditions in airports (8 percent): Minister.
19 сентября 2011
Former captain of Kazakhstan national rugby team may become a pilot of Air Astana
The airline continues hiring and training new pilots under Ab-initio program of pilots’ initial training.
17 августа 2011
Air Astana to launch flights to Hong Kong
The number of passengers in the H1 2011 grew 18.7% as compared to the like period of 2010, making up 1.35 million people.
18 июля 2011