News Archive 2008

22 Dec 2008

New Year's Fairy Tale with Air Astana
National carrier Air Astana prepared a New Year surprise for inmates from orphanages.

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18 Dec 2008

Air Astana Opens Its Own Ticket Office
On the 18th of December the presentation of Air Astana’s new ticket sales office in Astana was held.

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03 Dec 2008

Air Astana Wins Best e-Commerce Website Award 2008
Air Astana was proud to win the award for Best e-Commerce Website in Kazakhstan at the annual Awards.kz 2008, which was held on 19 Nov 2008.

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01 Dec 2008

Air Astana Company Carried Out 297 Passengers From Thailand
On the 28th and 30th of November Air Astana airline carried out flights from Almaty airport to Utapao (Pattaya) and back due to the closure of the International Airport of Bangkok.

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27 Nov 2008

Pilots of The Future
On the 19th of November 2008, Air Astana JSC organized a press conference devoted to the program of initial pilot training or ab-initio.

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26 Nov 2008

Air Astana Cancels Its Flight to Thailand on 26 November Due to Closure of Suvranabhumi International Airport
On 26 of November, Suvranabhumi International Airport of Bangkok was closed due to political unrest.

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11 Nov 2008

Air Astana Opens Its First Sales Office in Almaty
On the 10th of November Air Astana opened its own sales and customer information office situated on Fumanova street.

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03 Nov 2008

Air Astana Opens New Route to the Capital of Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
On 3 November, 2008 “Air Astana” airline to start flying in the route Almaty – Bishkek – Almaty, which will be operated 4 times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday by turbo-propeller aircraft Fokker-50 (50 seats).

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03 Nov 2008

Results of the Billiard Tournament Air Astana Open - 2008
On the 1st of November 2008 Air Astana airline and Central Asia Monitor socio-political newspaper organized a billiard tournament called Air Astana Open - 2008 in the Bastau club.

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16 Oct 2008

Aktau Airport Will Be Closed for Maintenance 15 October Until 30 November 2008
On 10 October 2008 Friday at 17:16 Air Astana received the information from Aktau Airport that the runway will be closed during daytime starting from 15 October until 30 November 2008.

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05 Sep 2008

Air Astana Takes Necessary Measures to Help Passengers Traveling to BKK During the Current Crisis
Air Astana has set up measures to help passengers travelling to Thailand with free rebooking, or cancellations for anyone booked to travel until end of September.

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26 Aug 2008

Air Astana Climbs Higher During First Half 2008
Air Astana, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, continued to experience strong growth during the first half of 2008, with available seat kilometers up by 20% to 4.2 billion compared to the same period in 2007.

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10 Jul 2008

Air Astana Further Boosts its Customer Service With Amadeus Automated Ticket Change Solution, the First in the CIS
Almaty, Kazakhstan, 10 July 2008: Air Astana, Central Asia’s largest carrier, will further revolutionize its service to customers with an automated ticket change solution provided by Amadeus, the leading technology and distribution partner to the travel and tourism industry.

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17 Jun 2008

Air Astana’s Revised Services at Astana International Airport
On 17 June 2008 at Astana’s International Airport, Air Astana presented a new Airbus A-320, symbolizing the development of regional and international aviation at the capital of Kazakhstan.

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11 Jun 2008

Air Astana’s Gift to Children
On the 11 June on the board of national airline’s aircraft, Air Astana together with Voluntary Company of Mercy for Children‘s Summer Vacations promoted the actions of Air Astana’s gift to children.

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05 Jun 2008

New Seat Maps and American Express
Effective from 1 June 2008, passengers who book their flights online on Air Astana’s website www.airastana.com will also be able choose their own seats, via a simple graphical seat map.

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02 Jun 2008

Air Astana Achieves 100% Electronic Tickets (E-Tickets)
In 2004, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), of which Air Astana is a member, set an ambitious goal to completely replace paper tickets with Electronic Tickets (E-Tickets) worldwide, by 1 June 2008.

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08 May 2008

Air Astana - a Company With a Social Conscience!
The National Carrier of Kazakhstan has a social responsibility and considers the implementation of social projects as a very important task.

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15 Apr 2008

Air Astana Selects Kazkommertsbank As a Processing Center for Kazakhstan Online Ticket Payments
April 2, 2008, Almaty – Kazkommertsbank and Air Astana signed an agreement, under which the processing center of Kazkommertsbank will handle all Internet payments in Kazakh tenge for flights of the national carrier.

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11 Apr 2008

Air Astana Sponsors the Annual Eurasian Media Forum
On 24-25 April 2008, the Organizing Committee of the Annual Eurasian Media Forum will open doors to its participants who are international and regional journalists, outstanding political figures of the East and the West, representatives of authoritative international organizations, leaders of the global media community, experts and businessmen. This event is sponsored by Air Astana.

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20 Mar 2008

Unfavourable Weather Conditions in Astana City Caused Delays to Air Astana’s Scheduled Flights
On 17 March, unfavourable weather conditions at Astana Airport affected the airline's scheduled flights causing a chain delays to about 20 flights, and the cancellation of 10 others.

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12 Mar 2008

Thick Fog at the Airport of Almaty City Caused Delay of Flights
Thick fog at Almaty Airport affected about 20 "Air Astana" flights on 7 March.

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03 Mar 2008

Press Tour Flight Safety and Comfort: Personnel Policy, Flight Attendant Service and Flight Planning
On 26 February 2008 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, JSC Air Astana organized the Press Tour "Flight Safety and Comfort: Personnel Policy, Flight Attendant Service, and Flight Planning" devoted to flight safety and some aspects constituting this process.

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22 Feb 2008

Bad Weather Causing Severe Flights Disruptions in Many Airports in Kazakhstan
Due to severe weather conditions in some parts of Kazakhstan, the airports of Astana, Pavlodar, Oskemen and Karaganda have closed.

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15 Feb 2008

Air Astana Airline Invests Capital Resources Into Kazakhstan Regional Airports
Air Astana JSC has started implementation of the huge investment project aimed at aircraft anti-icing services improvements at Kazakhstan airports.

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13 Feb 2008

An Apology to Passengers of Flight KC898 Completed on 29/01/2008
On January 29 of this year, Air Astana’s Flight 898, a Boeing 767, from Dubai to Almaty began preparation for take-off in the usual manner.

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05 Feb 2008

Air Astana Reports Record Growth For 2007
Air Astana, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, achieved record growth during 2007, with available seat kilometers up by 42% to 6.5 billion compared to 2006.

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