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Air Astana News
Air Astana sees strong international
traffic recovery in first half 2017.
Air Astana has announced its operational
results for the 1 st half of 2017. The
airline carried 1,894,391 passengers for
the period January-June 2017, of which
1,007,413 were domestic passengers
and 886,978 were international
passengers. Overall passenger traffic
increased by 12% for the period.
Whilst passenger growth on domestic
routes was a relatively modest 4%,
international traffic grew by 22%, driven
to a large extent by network traffic
transiting through its Astana and Almaty
hubs, which grew by 62%. Cargo uplift
increased by 22% for the same period.
Recently Air Astana has signed a long-
term lease agreement with AerCap
for five Embraer E190-E2s, which will
commence delivery to the airline during
the final quarter of 2018.
Turkish Airlines
Transfer passengers of
Turkish Airlines will have the
great opportunity to discover
Istanbul, the seamless hub of
the global carrier by its newly
announced service 'Stopover in
Istanbul'.
Turkish Airlines, the carrier
that flies to more countries
of the world than any other
airline, now offers 'Stopover
in Istanbul' service for the
transfer passengers, departing
from Kazakhstan to arrive to
Americas (USA, Argentine,
Brazil, Columbia, Panama, Cuba
and Canada); Schengen zone
countries; UK and Ireland; Tel
Aviv, Dubai, Doha and Bahrein
in Middle East; Cape town,
Johannesburg and Durban in
Africa, having more than 20
hours connecting time.
In the frames of the
new project the airline
provides a complimentary
accommodation and a great
opportunity to discover the
unique beauties of Istanbul
during their connecting time.
Having completed the flight
booking process, the passenger
receives the voucher issued
by Turkish Airlines Almaty
office enabling the economy
class passengers to stay 1
night at a 4-star Grand Yavuz
hotel in Sultanahmet; and the
business class passengers
to stay 2 nights at a 5-star
Hilton Bomonti hotel in Taksim,
generally described as the
central points of Istanbul.
supported by EUROBAK
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