FlyArystan, the first Kazakhstan low-cost airline, recently launched its first international route between Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) and Moscow Zhukovsky, signaling a new chapter in the young airline’s dynamic expansion.
The airline, which is the low-cost arm of Kazakh national carrier Air Astana, operates the new route using a recently delivered Airbus A320. The carrier now flies to 10 destinations, many of which have has intermittent air access until now.
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The FlyArystan fleet currently consists of four Airbus A320 aircraft, each with a 180-seat configuration, with plans to increase the fleet to 15 aircraft by 2022. FlyArystan will operate from multiple aircraft bases in Kazakhstan, including Almaty, Nur-Sultan, Karaganda, and Aktobe.
“With the launch of Kazakhstan’s first low-cost airline the domestic aviation market in Kazakhstan has begun to grow dramatically with the number of passengers at airports already served by FlyArystan increasing by an average of 35% over the May to November period. Over the October – November period and with the addition of new aircraft that rate of growth has actually increased to 58%,” says Peter Foster, president, and chief executive officer of Air Astana.
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Low-cost airline FlyArystan is a division of Air Astana, an airline based in Almaty and recognised as a Skytrax 4-star airline for the quality of its service. The carrier also received the “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” award in the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
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