Air Astana
- Almaty airport
- Astana airport
Air Astana ( Kazakh and Russian Эйр Астана ) is the national Kazakh airline based in Almaty and bases at the airports of Almaty and Astana.
- 3.1 National Objectives
- 3.2 International goals
- 3.3 codeshare agreement
History
The airline was founded in September 2001 as the successor of the insolvent Air Kazakhstan. 51 percent of the company held by the Kazakh State by the state enterprise Samruk - Kazyna and 49 percent of British aerospace and defense group BAE Systems. The first flight of Air Astana was held in the Kazakh capital Astana on 15 May 2002 from Almaty. On board of the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and as representatives of BAE Systems, the former chairman Sir Richard Evans were.
The Air Astana has its own ground staff at airports in the two largest cities of Almaty and Astana in Kazakhstan. At all other airports, the airline is managed and handled by handling agents. In Hanover, this is done by, for example, the handling company Swissport and at Frankfurt Airport, the company AHS Aviation Handling Services.
In 2006, the airline acquired its own departure control system, an advanced form developed by British Airways Systems RTB named Amadeus Swift check. Now are airports worldwide thus able to check this clearance system in the flights of Air Astana.
Air Astana has since December 2007 Nomad Club own frequent flyer program, but is also a partner of the frequent flyer program Miles & More Lufthansa on routes Astana -Frankfurt and Almaty to Frankfurt Air Astana award miles can be collected with the.
2010 Air Astana transported around 2.568 million passengers ( seating capacity: 68 percent) and 16,392 tons of cargo. Profit rose to around 91 million U.S. dollars. Air Astana currently operates about 50 national and international destinations worldwide.
Air Astana is the only airline in Kazakhstan, which is not on the list, the operating bans for the airspace of the European Union and thus may serve destinations in the European airspace as of December 2011. Their planes are not registered in Kazakhstan, but in Aruba.
Air Astana finished with the award " Best Airline Eastern Europe" by Skytrax in mid-2011 after Aeroflot from Russia in second place.
In February 2012, Air Astana ordered as part of the largest contract in its history four Boeing 767 - 300ERs and three Boeing 787-8 worth 1.3 billion U.S. dollars.
Business
Passenger Transportation
The passenger's onboard makes is as of 31 December 2009 a total of 95.35 percent of group sales. In fiscal 2009, 2.201 million passengers were carried; four percent less than last year. Of the passengers carried 761,000 passengers were carried on domestic routes 1.439 million and on foreign routes. The seat load factor was 63 percent.
Logistics
The cargo area makes is as of 31 December 2009 a total of only 4.65 percent of net sales. Cargo can be transported in the aircraft Airbus A321 -200 and Boeing 767 -300ER.
Destinations
Air Astana has an extensive network of regional connections within Kazakhstan, but also flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia.
National targets
Of the two hubs in Almaty and Astana cities are served throughout Kazakhstan. To the west of the country Aktau, Aktobe, Atyrau and Oral contained in the flight plan. In the north, the cities of Petropavlovsk, Pavlodar and Qostanai are served. Destinations in the eastern part of Kazakhstan are Öskemen and Semipalatinsk. With links to Karaganda and Schesqasghan and south to Kyzylorda and Shymkent in Central Kazakhstan.
International goals
Air Astana has a small route network, which only focuses on connections within Asia and Europe. International destinations are only offered from the airports in Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Oral and Qostanai from.
In Germany, Frankfurt and at times Hanover are among the destinations. Air Astana offers daily flights from Astana and Almaty to Frankfurt. The execution of these flights will take place with Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767 -300ER. Since 2007 the Austrian capital Vienna is served in cooperation with Austrian Airlines.
In Europe, four other cities are available in the flight plan in two German cities of Frankfurt and Hannover. In the UK capital London is served. Under the code-share are driven together with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the Dutch capital Amsterdam with Air Baltic Riga, Latvia.
Most routes of Air Astana Kazakh connect cities with Asian cities and metropolitan areas. For instance, in the People's Republic of China, the cities of Urumqi and Beijing in the flight plan. In Turkey, Istanbul and Antalya are served. Also targets in Russia and the other CIS are represented in the flight plan. In cooperation with Asiana Airlines is a connection in the South Korean capital, Seoul. In addition, Dubai and Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and the Thai capital Bangkok fly.
Even the Tajik capital Dushanbe and the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, and the Russian cities Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg were taken in November and December 2010 in the flight plan. A connection to the Russian Omsk is planned.
Codeshare agreement
Common codeshare agreement maintains Air Astana Air Baltic, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Etihad Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (February 2011).
Fleet
As of June 2013 the fleet of Air Astana from 26 aircraft consists with an average age of 7.1 years: