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| Founded | 1991 ( As Kazakhstan Airways | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1991 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 2004 | ||||||
| Hubs | Almaty International Airport | ||||||
| Destinations | 21 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||||||
Air Kazakhstan[1] was an airline of Kazakhstan which later became its national carrier after bankrupt Kazakhstan Airlines was shut down. It was headquartered in Almaty.[2]
History
The airline was established in 1991 as Kazakhstan Airways but changed to Air Kazakhstan on 10 March 1997 (spelled as "Air Kazakstan" until 2001). It ceased operations on 29 February 2004, after accumulating heavy debts, and was declared bankrupt in April 2004 by the court in Almaty.
Air Astana succeeded Air Kazakhstan as the country's flag carrier.
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An Airbus A310-300 of Air Kazakhstan at 2 November 2003.
Destinations
When it shut down, Air Kazakhstan was serving the following locations:
| Country | City | Airport | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Azerbaijan | Baku | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | |
 Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport | |
| Hanover | Hannover Airport | ||
 Hungary | Budapest | Budapest International Airport | |
 India | Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport | |
 Israel | Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv International Airport | |
 Kazakhstan | Aktau | Aktau Airport | |
| Almaty | Almaty International Airport | Hub | |
| Astana | Astana International Airport | ||
| Atyrau | Atyrau Airport | ||
| Karaganda | Sary-Arka Airport | ||
| Kostanay | Kostanay Airport | ||
| Oral | Oral Ak Zhol Airport | ||
| Pavlodar | Pavlodar Airport | ||
| Shymkent | Shymkent International Airport | ||
 Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Manas International Airport | |
 Russia | Moscow | Vnukovo International Airport | Terminated |
| Sheremetyevo International Airport | |||
 South Korea | Seoul | Gimpo International Airport | Terminated |
| Incheon International Airport | |||
 Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Dushanbe Airport | |
 Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi Airport | |
 Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Atatürk Airport | |
 Ukraine | Donetsk | Donetsk International Airport | |
 United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai International Airport |
Current fleet
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Airbus A320-232 "Air Astana"
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Boeing 767-300ER "Air Astana"
The Air Astana fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2020):[3][4]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | |||||
| Airbus A320-200 | 60 | — | 16 | 132 | 148 | ||
| Airbus A320neo | 40 | 20[5][6] | 16 | 132 | 148 | Deliveries since late 2016[7] | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 26 | — | 28 | 151 | 179 | ||
| Airbus A321neo | 20 | 10[5] | 28 | 151 | 179 | ||
| Airbus A321LR | 4 | 30[8] | 3[5][9] | 16 | 150 | 166 | Deliveries since 2019[10] |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 12 | — | 30 | 193 | 223 | ||
| Boeing 787-9 | 34 | — | |||||
| Embraer 190-E2 | 5 | — | 12 | 96 | 108 | [11] | |
| Total | 181 | 60 | |||||
References
- ^ OAG World Airways Guide A-M, October 1997, pages 20, 28 and 32. Reed Publications. Retrieved on July 31, 2009.
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight Global. 16–22 March 2004. 66.
- ^ "Fleet and Seat maps". Air Astana.
- ^ "Air Astana Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ a b c ch-aviation.com – Kazakhstan's Air Astana to lease six A320neo Family jets Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2015
- ^ "Kazakhstan's Air Astana to lease three A320neo from SMBC". ch-aviation.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ flightglobal.com – PARIS: Air Astana takes long-range A321neo to replace 757s Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2015
- ^ "Kazakhstan's Air Astana adds first A321neo(LR)". ch-aviation.com. 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Air Astana Destined to Become One of the Largest Airbus A320neo Family Operators in Central Asia and CIS". aviationpros.com. 7 December 2017.
- ^ David Kaminski Morrow (5 October 2018). "Arkia to replace Primera as A321LR launch operator". Flightglobal.
- ^ "Air Astana leases five E190-E2s from AERCAP". Air Astana (Press release). 2 August 2017.
External links
- Official website (Archive)