Back طيران أستانا Arabic طيران استانا ARZ Air Astana Breton Air Astana Catalan Air Astana Czech Air Astana Danish Air Astana German Air Astana Spanish Air Astana Estonian ایر آستانه Persian
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| Founded | 29 August 2001 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 15 May 2002 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Nomad Club | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | FlyArystan | ||||||
| Fleet size | 57 | ||||||
| Destinations | over 90 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||||||
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| Employees | 6,184 | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Air Astana (Kazakh: Эйр Астана) is an airline and the flag carrier of Kazakhstan. Based in Almaty, the airline was founded by the Government of Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund Samruk Kazyna (51%) and BAE Systems (49%) and commenced operations on 15 May 2002. In February 2024 it became a dual listed company, being listed on the Kazakhstan and London stock exchanges. It is the largest airline in Central Asia and the Caucasus region with 69% and 40% of market share on domestic and intra-regional routes from Kazakhstan.