Air Astana
| Air Astana Эйр Астана |
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| IATA code : | KC |
| ICAO code : | KZR |
| Call sign : | ASTANALINE |
| Founding: | 2001 |
| Seat: |
Almaty , Kazakhstan
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| Home airport : | Almaty |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| IATA prefix code : | 465 |
| Management: | |
| Number of employees: | 5,100 (2017) |
| Sales: | US $ 767 million (2017) |
| Passenger volume: | 4.2 million (2017) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Nomad Club |
| Fleet size: | 33 (+ 34 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | airastana.com |
Air Astana (proper spelling air astana; Kazakh / Russian Эйр Астана ) is the national airline of Kazakhstan based in Almaty and based at Almaty Airport .
history
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Air Astana was founded in September 2001 as the successor to the insolvent Air Kazakhstan . The Kazakh state holds 51% of the company through the state-owned company Samruk-Kazyna and 49% is held by the British aerospace and defense group BAE Systems . The first flight of Air Astana took place on May 15, 2002 with a Boeing 737 from Almaty to the Kazakh capital Astana. On board were the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and, as a representative of BAE Systems, the former CEO Sir Richard Evans.
Air Astana employs its own ground staff at the airports of the two largest Kazakh cities, Almaty and Nur-Sultan ( called Astana until 2019 ). At all other airports, the airline is looked after and processed by handling agents.
In 2006 Air Astana acquired its own departure control system, a further developed form of the RTB system developed by British Airways under the name Amadeus SwiftCheck . Airports around the world are now in a position to check in to Air Astana flights using this check-in system.
In 2007 the airline pushed ahead with expanding its fleet. In February, the airline acquired its first wide-body aircraft, a Boeing 767-300ER , followed by another aircraft, two Airbus А320s and two Airbus А321s . Air Astana operates since December 2007 Nomad Club its own frequent flyer program, but is also a partner of the frequent flyer program Miles & More of Lufthansa , Air Astana award miles can be collected with the on the routes Astana-Frankfurt and Almaty-Frankfurt.
In 2010 Air Astana carried around 2.568 million passengers ( seat occupancy : 68 percent) and 16,392 tons of cargo. The profit rose to around 91 million US dollars. Air Astana currently serves around 50 national and international destinations worldwide.
The first Embraer 190 was added to the fleet in early 2011 . The regional airliner gradually replaced the Fokker 50 and is used on Central Asia and domestic routes from Almaty. Three more turboprops were decommissioned between June and August 2012, the last two remaining Fokker 50s followed in spring 2013. Air Astana took second place behind Aeroflot from Russia in the Skytrax “Best Airline Eastern Europe” award in mid-2011 .
In February 2012, Air Astana ordered as part of the largest contract in its history with Boeing four 767-300ERs and three 787-8s worth 1.3 billion US dollars . The first two 767-300ERs were delivered to Air Astana at the end of 2013, they replaced older models of the same type in the fleet.
In April 2014, the airline received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency to expand its European routes. According to the European Aviation Security Authority, the airline has proven that its security systems and procedures comply with EU security standards. Nevertheless, according to the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union , she was not allowed to fly to any destinations in the European Union with her Embraer 190 until December 2015 .
On June 17, 2015, Air Astana ordered seven aircraft from the Airbus A320neo family , which are leased from ALC . There are two A320neo, one A321neo and four A321LR with increased range, making Air Astana the first customer of the A321LR. The first A321neo was delivered in January 2018.
Air Astana was named "Best Airline in Central Asia and India" and a 4-star airline for the seventh time in a row at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2018.
With Fly Arystan own raised in the May 2019 low cost airline from.
Destinations
Air Astana offers a route network within Kazakhstan and flies to international destinations in Europe and Asia . In German-speaking countries , Frankfurt am Main , Zurich and, seasonally, Hanover are served. From Frankfurt the airline flies daily to Astana and then on to Almaty, once a week to Uralsk and since March 2018 twice a week to Atyrau.
- Code sharing
Air Astana has codeshare agreements with Air India , Asiana Airlines , Austrian Airlines , Etihad Airways , Turkish Airlines , KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Air France , as well as more recently with Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific and LOT Polish Airlines .
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As of March 2020, the Air Astana fleet consists of 33 aircraft with an average age of 6.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 4th | All with Sharklets equipped | 148 (16/132) | |
| Airbus A320neo | 3 | 148 (16/132) | ||
| Airbus A321-200 | 2 | 195 (30/165) 179 (28/151) |
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| Airbus A321neoLR | 2 | 1 | 166 (16/150) | |
| Airbus A321neo | 4th | 179 (28/151) | ||
| Boeing 737 Max 8 | 30th | for subsidiary Fly Arystan | - open - | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 4th | equipped with winglets | 166 (16/150) | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | equipped with winglets; P4-KEC is the last passenger variant of the 767 to be delivered by Boeing | 223 (30/193) | |
| Boeing 787-8 | 3 | first delivery postponed several times | - open - | |
| Embraer 190 | 6th | 97 (9/88) | ||
| Embraer 190-E2 | 5 | P4-KHA in Snow Leopard special paint | 108 (12/96) | |
| total | 33 | 34 |
All Air Astana aircraft are registered in Aruba rather than Kazakhstan .
Business figures
Passenger transportation
Around 4.2 million passengers were carried in the 2017 financial year; 12% more than in the previous year. Of the passengers carried, 2.156 million were carried on domestic routes and 2.037 million on foreign routes. The seat occupancy was 66%.
| year | Sales (in million US $ ) |
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| 2005 | 258.0 |
| 2006 | 362.7 |
| 2007 | 522.3 |
| 2008 | 628.6 |
| 2009 | 533.3 |
| 2010 | 661.2 |
| 2011 | 772.9 |
| 2012 | 875.1 |
| 2013 | 966.9 |
| 2014 | 934.8 |
| 2015 | 761.7 |
| 2016 | 621 |
| 2017 | 767.5 |
| year | Freight volume (in tons) |
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| 2006 | 7,438 |
| 2007 | 13,262 |
| 2008 | 16,343 |
| 2009 | 14,169 |
| 2010 | 16,392 |
| 2011 | 19,692 |
| 2012 | 22,076 |
| 2013 | 23,810 |
| 2014 | 18,960 |
| 2015 | 16.639 |
| 2016 | 16.6 |
| 2017 | 19,996 |
| year | Passenger volume (in millions) |
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| 2006 | 1.469 |
| 2007 | 2.132 |
| 2008 | 2,300 |
| 2009 | 2,201 |
| 2010 | 2.568 |
| 2011 | 3.057 |
| 2012 | 3.245 |
| 2013 | 3,675 |
| 2014 | 3,770 |
| 2015 | 3.862 |
| 2016 | 3.75 |
| 2017 | 4.193 |
logistics
As of December 31, 2017, the freight transport sector only accounts for 2.5 percent of the Group's sales. Freight can be transported on the Airbus A321-200 and Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
See also
Web links
- Air Astana website (including Kazakh, English, German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Air Astana: Annual Report 2017 (PDF) Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ miles-and-more.com - Air Astana: Earn miles while flying November 18, 2009
- ↑ Annual Report for 2010. (PDF; 9.52 MB) (No longer available online.) Air Astana, archived from the original on October 24, 2012 ; accessed on November 23, 2014 (English).
- ↑ austrianwings.info - Air Astana replaces the Fokker 50 with the Embraer E-190
- ↑ worldairlineawards.com - Skytrax ( Memento from December 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ airliners.de - Air Astana orders Boeing 787, February 6, 2012 ( Memento of February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ airliners.de - Air Astana receives approval for expansion of European services
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Air Astana may unconditionally return to Europe , accessed on December 14, 2015.
- ↑ airastana.com - Air Astana signs order for Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, June 17, 2015 , accessed August 17, 2015.
- ^ Air Astana company news . Retrieved on August 23, 2018 (German).
- ^ Air Astana Wins Skytrax Award . In: AviationPros.com . July 18, 2018 ( aviationpros.com [accessed August 23, 2018]).
- ↑ [ https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/73738-kazakhstans-flyarystan-to-launch-as-a-virtual-carrier fly Arystan ] ch-aviation , December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Air Astana route network , accessed March 11, 2018.
- ↑ Air Astana with second flight from Hanover to Kostanaj | aeroTELEGRAPH . In: aeroTELEGRAPH . August 23, 2016 ( aerotelegraph.com [accessed August 23, 2018]).
- ^ FVW Medien GmbH: Third route to Germany: Air Astana also flies to Atyrau . In: biztravel.de . March 8, 2018 ( fvw.de [accessed on August 23, 2018]).
- ↑ airastana.com - codesharing and interlining , accessed on January 2, 2015.
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - KLM and Air France enter into codeshare agreement with Air Astana , accessed on February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Air Astana agrees codeshare agreement with Lufthansa . In: airliners.de . March 15, 2017 ( airliners.de [accessed on August 23, 2018]).
- ↑ Codeshare between Cathay and Air Astana - FliegerWeb.com - News Reportage Videos! Retrieved August 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Air Astana News. Retrieved on August 23, 2018 (German).
- ^ Air Astana Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Airbus - Orders & deliveries (English), accessed on April 12, 2017
- ↑ Boeing - Orders & Deliveries (English), accessed on April 12, 2017
- ↑ Air Astana makes a snow leopard fly. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
- ^ Air Astana Destined to Become One of the Largest Airbus A320neo Family Operators in Central Asia and CIS. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
- ↑ airastana.com - Fleet and seat configuration , accessed January 2, 2015.
- ↑ https://www.aerotelegraph.com/air-astana-stattet-billigableger-mit-737-max-aus
- ↑ Air Astana P4-KEC (Boeing 767 - MSN 42223) | Airfleets aviation. Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Russian Aviation Insider - Air Astana postpones its Boeing 787 deliveries - again , English - accessed on November 19, 2019.
- ↑ a b c airastana.com - annual reports
- ↑ airastana.com - Financial Statements ( Memento from April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ airastana.kz: Air Astana freight transport. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .