Air 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]

Air Kazakhstan
IATA ICAO Callsign
KC KZK AIR KAZAKHSTAN
Founded1991 ( As Kazakhstan Airways
Commenced operations1991
Ceased operations2004
HubsAlmaty International Airport
Destinations21
HeadquartersAlmaty, Kazakhstan

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.

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
 AzerbaijanBakuHeydar Aliyev International Airport
 GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport
HanoverHannover Airport
 HungaryBudapestBudapest International Airport
 IndiaDelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport
 IsraelTel AvivTel Aviv International Airport
 KazakhstanAktauAktau Airport
AlmatyAlmaty International AirportHub
AstanaAstana International Airport
AtyrauAtyrau Airport
KaragandaSary-Arka Airport
KostanayKostanay Airport
OralOral Ak Zhol Airport
PavlodarPavlodar Airport
ShymkentShymkent International Airport
 KyrgyzstanBishkekManas International Airport
 RussiaMoscowVnukovo International AirportTerminated
Sheremetyevo International Airport
 South KoreaSeoulGimpo International AirportTerminated
Incheon International Airport
 TajikistanDushanbeDushanbe Airport
 ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi Airport
 TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Atatürk Airport
 UkraineDonetskDonetsk International Airport
 United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport

Current fleet
Airbus A320-232 "Air Astana"
Boeing 767-300ER "Air Astana"

The Air Astana fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2020):[3][4]

Air Astana fleet
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 —
TBA
Embraer 190-E2 5 — 12 96 108 [11]
Total 181 60

References
  1. OAG World Airways Guide A-M, October 1997, pages 20, 28 and 32. Reed Publications. Retrieved on July 31, 2009.
  2. "World Airline Directory." Flight Global. 16–22 March 2004. 66.
  3. "Fleet and Seat maps". Air Astana.
  4. "Air Astana Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  5. ch-aviation.com – Kazakhstan's Air Astana to lease six A320neo Family jets Archived 16 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2015
  6. "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.
  7. flightglobal.com – PARIS: Air Astana takes long-range A321neo to replace 757s Archived 17 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine 16 June 2015
  8. "Kazakhstan's Air Astana adds first A321neo(LR)". ch-aviation.com. 23 September 2019.
  9. "Air Astana Destined to Become One of the Largest Airbus A320neo Family Operators in Central Asia and CIS". aviationpros.com. 7 December 2017.
  10. David Kaminski Morrow (5 October 2018). "Arkia to replace Primera as A321LR launch operator". Flightglobal.
  11. "Air Astana leases five E190-E2s from AERCAP". Air Astana (Press release). 2 August 2017.


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