This week, Air Astana will launch one of the world’s longest A321LR services, flying from Almaty to London.

Kazakhstan’s national carrier, Air Astana, in partnership with Airbus, has enhanced the efficiency of its long-haul flights by installing additional fuel tanks on its Airbus A321LR, enabling non-stop flights over lang-haul distances without the need for technical stopovers.

Starting on 4 October 2024, the airline plans to resume non-stop flights on the Almaty to London route, which has been operating with a technical stop in the Kazakh city of Aktau since March 2022. With the new modifications, the route will become fully non-stop and more comfortable, reducing the overall flight time by 1.5 hours to 9h 35m. This will make it one of the longest narrow-body routes in the world.

This modernisation is a key component of Air Astana’s long-term strategy to enhance operational efficiency. It incorporates all necessary technical and safety aspects, providing passengers with more comfortable conditions for long-haul flights and improving the airline’s operational performance.

Award-winning and Skytrax-recognised Air Astana Group is the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus regions by revenue and fleet size. The Group operates a fleet of 56 aircraft split between Air Astana, its full-service airline that operated its inaugural flight in 2002, and FlyArystan, its low-cost airline established in 2019. The Group provides scheduled, point-to-point and transit, short-haul and long-haul air travel and cargo on domestic, regional and international routes across Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Far East, the Middle East, India and Europe.

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