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Kazakhstani airline SCAT increases ticket prices by 20% Following suit of the Kazakhstan national airline Air Astana, another Kazakh airline SCAT has announced a ticket price rise.

24 August 2015

Canadian WestJet flight attendant acts out safety demonstration Canadian WestJet flight attendant acts out safety demonstration

24 August 2015

Air Astana raises airline ticket price Kazakhstan’s national airline Air Astana has raised ticket prices on international flights after Kazakhstan floated the tenge.

24 August 2015

SCAT eyes 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100s Kazakhstani SCAT is to contract 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100) aircraft.

21 August 2015

Astana Airport not receiving or releasing aircrafts at night time in August Astana airport will not be receiving or releasing any flights from 10:00 pm to 03:00 am from August 19 to 25.

06 August 2015

British Airlines leave Kazakhstan The UK's flag carrier British Airways is terminating flights to Kazakhstan.

29 July 2015

New Kazakhstani low-cost airline presented A new low-cost airline Qazaq Air has been presented in Kazakhstan's Astana.

09 July 2015

Air Astana leases 7 Airbus neos Air Astana, the anchor airlines in Kazakhstan, has arranged for operational leasing of 7 Airbus planes from A320 neo family.

25 June 2015

SCAT airplane catches fire in Aktau airport SCAT airplane has caught fire in the airport of Aktau city in western Kazakhstan.

18 June 2015

Moscow airports delay or cancel more than 100 flights in storm Moscow international airports on Friday delayed or cancelled more than 100 flights due to stormy weather.

30 May 2015

Kazakhstan and Luxembourg ink several agreements Kazakhstan and Luxembourg have inked a number of bilateral treaties following the meeting of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel on May 21.

29 May 2015

Celebration of courage and patriotism: 70th Victory Day Parade in Astana The grand 70th Victory Day parade has taken place in Astana in commemoration of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.

08 May 2015

Russia to supply Su-30 Flankers to Kazakhstan Russia is starting the shipment of the The Sukhoi Su-30, Flanker C fighter aircrafts to Kazakhstan.

17 April 2015

Fresh out of reconstruction with cracks and dents: Uralsk landing strip Landing strip in Uralsk Airport has just passed the first stage of reconstruction. But after a few months it already has cracks and dents. Who is to blame? Is there anyone to blame at all?

21 March 2015

Air Astana recognized Airline Market Leader Air Astana has received a prestigious award of the airline industry.

13 March 2015

New airline Air Kazakhstan renamed to Kazakh Air A new Kazakh airline Air Kazakhstan that is due to start making domestic flights in Kazakhstan this year has been renamed to Kazakh Air.

08 February 2015

Nearly 50 flights delayed in Almaty Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan has delayed 49 flights because of the weather.

24 December 2014

Kazakhstan-based airlines banned from flying to Europe According to the EC, Air Astana is eligible to perform flights to Europe only when using certain types of aircraft. The statement didn’t specify the types of the aircraft.

12 December 2014

Mysterious airplane parts delivered to Aktau airport in Western Kazakhstan Disassembled airplanes of unclear origin have been delivered to the Aktau airport in Western Kazakhstan.

29 October 2014

Pilots, cabin crew 'twice as likely to get skin cancer' Airline pilots and cabin crew are twice as likely to suffer from skin cancer because of regular exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.

04 September 2014

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