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NewsKazakh regulator grants separate AOC to Air Astana budget carrier FlyArystan
Kazakh carrier Air Astana’s budget airline spin-off, FlyArystan, has secured its own air operator’s certificate, five years after it emerged.
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NewsAir Astana valued at $847m ahead of stock market launch
Kazakh carrier Air Astana has finalised the share offer price for its forthcoming stock market listings, giving an implied company valuation of $847 million.
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NewsAir Astana set for IPO this year as it plans London and Kazakhstan listing
Kazakh carrier Air Astana has outlined its intention to list on the London and Kazakhstan stock exchanges this year.
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InterviewHow Peter Foster is keeping Air Astana on a growth path despite post-Covid challenges
Under the long-term leadership of Peter Foster, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier managed to remain profitable last year as it grew above pre-Covid traffic levels, having already moved back into the black in 2021. And its growth is continuing this year
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NewsFlyArystan growth helps Air Astana to profits high in 2022
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana posted its highest after-tax profit of $78.4 million in 2022 on record passenger and revenue figures.
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NewsFlyArystan receives new A320neo, outlines fleet ambitions for 2023
Although parent company Air Astana only launched the Kazakhstani carrier in 2019, FlyArystan has grown rapidly in the post-pandemic market to fly 3.1m passengers in 2021 - almost as many as Air Astana itself. It has now taken delivery of its first new aircraft, one of three new Airbus A320neos ...
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NewsKazakh authority proposes airline divestments to increase competition
Kazakhstan’s government is proposing to increase competition in the air transport sector by selling shares in airlines which are part of the Samruk-Kazyna sovereign fund. The country’s Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition points out that airlines with state participation – including Air Astana, its budget operation FlyArystan ...
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NewsLow-cost unit helps Air Astana top pre-crisis traffic levels in 2021
Air Astana Group topped pre-crisis passenger levels last year in carrying a record 6.62 million, almost half of which flew on its low-cost unit FlyArystan.
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NewsAirlines set to operate around half of scheduled Kazakhstan flights today
Airlines are expected to operate around half the scheduled flights planned for Kazakhstan today as the closure of Almaty airport amid protests in the country continues to impact services.
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NewsAir Astana signs for 737 Max jets to place with budget arm
Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana has signed a letter of intent covering 30 Boeing 737 Max jets which would be placed with newly launched low-cost unit FlyArystan.
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FlyArystan to start international services in December
Air Astana's budget operation FlyArystan is to open its first international route, serving the Russian capital Moscow through Zhukovsky airport.
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Air Astana shifts Moscow operations for S7 codeshare
Air Astana is shifting its Moscow services from Sheremetyevo to the Russian capital's Domodedovo airport from the beginning of the winter season.
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Air Astana low-cost unit to add second base
FlyArystan, the budget arm of Kazakhstan's flag carrier, has picked a location for its second domestic base ahead of a planned doubling of its fleet.
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NewsAir Astana launches low-cost unit with international ambitions
Kazkahstan's flag carrier Air Astana could give its new budget arm FlyArystan an international debut later this year and follow this by establishing subsidiaries in neighbouring countries under plans to make the unit a pan-Central Asian low-cost carrier.
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Air Astana issues fleet RFP for new low-cost unit
Air Astana has issued Airbus and Boeing with a request for proposals to provide new-generation narrowbodies for nascent low-cost unit FlyArystan.