Air Astana Celebrates 21st Anniversary; Targets
8.5 Million Passengers in 2023
(19/05/23)
Air Astana celebrates its 21st anniversary this
month.
The carrier has grown dramatically since the first
service was operated between Almaty and Astana in 2002 and has
steadily built a reputation for quality customer service,
operational efficiency and consistent profitably.
This long-term record of success culminated with
2022 being the airline’s best-ever year, with the group reporting
profit after tax of US$78.4 million, on revenues of US$1.03
billion.
For the full year 2022, Air Astana and FlyArystan,
the group's LCC, jointly
carried 7.35 million passengers and currently serve over
90 destinations in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
China, Germany, Greece, India, Korea, Montenegro, Netherlands,
Thailand, Turkey, UAE and the United Kingdom, with a fleet of 43
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft.
Launched in May 2019, FlyArystan carried more than
3.2 million passengers to domestic and International destinations
in 2022.
“Air Astana’s 21st Anniversary gives true cause
for celebration, with the successful strategies and innovative
solutions of the past now providing a firm foundation for an
exciting new era of sustainable growth in the future,” said Peter
Foster OBE, President and CEO of Air Astana. “My sincere thanks go
out to every one of our 6,000 dedicated staff and the millions of
customers who have enabled Air Astana to overcome every challenge
in recent years to reach this remarkable achievement in 2023.”
Since the beginning
of 2022, the group has received eight new aircraft, with seven
more aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of 2023 and there are
additional contracts for the delivery of another 13 aircraft from
2024 to 2026.
In addition to expanding the Airbus A320neo / A321LR
fleet in service, the airline will take delivery of the first of
three Boeing 787s beginning from 2025.
These new widebody aircraft will enable the
airline to launch services to a number of long-range destinations,
including those in North America.
More immediately, Air Astana
will launch new services to Tel Aviv in Israel and Jeddah in Saudi
Arabia later this year and continue to boost frequencies on
existing routes.
In line with its fleet and network development
plans, the group's passenger traffic is forecast to grow to 8.5 million in
2023.
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