Air Astana

Star Alliance | March 24, 2017

A codeshare agreement between Air Astana and Lufthansa, beginning in March, advances Star Alliance efforts to develop a relationship with the well-located Kazakhstani carrier. The two airlines have agreed to begin selling tickets on each other’s flights between Frankfurt and the largest cities in Kazakhstan....

airwise | August 01, 2017

Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana will add to its fleet of Embraer aircraft with the lease of five new E190-E2s from AerCap. The aircraft, to be delivered from late 2018, will add to its fleet of nine E190s currently in service with the Almaty-based airline. “The acquisition of the E2 is the logical replacement of the E190 which we have been successfully operating since 2011,” Air Astana chief executive Peter Foster said....

Flightglobal | November 12, 2018

Investigations are under way into a serious loss-of-control incident involving an Air Astana Embraer 190, during which the crew considered ditching in the sea.It occurred during a post-maintenance ferry flight out of Lisbon aviation technical centre, where the jet had been undergoing C-check work with maintenance firm OGMA. The jet was bound for Almaty under the callsign KC1388 on 11 November.Such was the severity of the situation that the crew advised Lisbon air traffic control that they were i...

Aviation International News | December 17, 2018

As Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana awaits delivery of its delayed A321LRs to replace its to-be-retired Boeing 757-200s, having become the second operator after Norway’s Wideroe to take delivery of the first of its five Embraer E-190 E2s, it is moving on its sizeable plans to develop its regional footprint. The first E2 will enter commercial service from Astana to Almaty on Wednesday and four more examples are set to join its fleet next year. The E2s are part of the air...