Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Air Astana i ka hoʻonui 10% o ka nui o nā kaʻa hele a me 17% uptick o nā loaʻa kālā i ka hapa mua o ka makahiki i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka wā like o 2017. Ma waena o Ianuali a me Iune 2018, lawe ka mokulele ma mua o ʻelua miliona mau ohua.

Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ke kaʻa e ka hana ikaika o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa honua e piʻi ana he 22% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like ma 2017.

Ua piʻi aʻe nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa honua ma ka hapa mua o 2018 e 75% i 320,000 mau mea kaʻa ma kahi kumu ikaika o 2017. ʻO ka māhele o ka poʻe holo kaʻa i hōʻea i ka 30% o ka mokulele honua o Air Astana, mai ka 21% no ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.

Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka mana he 8% ma muli o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mokulele hou mai Astana a i Tyumen a me Kazan, a me nā alapine hou mai Astana a London Heathrow (i kēia manawa i kēlā me kēia lā), Omsk, Dubai, Delhi, a mai Almaty a Dushanbe, Baku, ʻO Hong Kong, Seoul a me Bishkek. Ua hoʻohui ʻia nā lawelawe hou i Beijing, Moscow, St. Petersburg a me Kiev mai nā hub ʻelua. Eia kekahi, ma Malaki 26, ua hoʻokumu ka mokulele i nā lawelawe Atyrau-Frankfurt-Atyrau hou.

I Malaki, ua hoʻopau ʻo Air Astana i kahi kuʻikahi codeshare me Cathay Pacific, e hāʻawi ana i nā poʻe kaʻa i nā pilina kūpono i ka wā e hele ai i Asia a me Australia ma Hong Kong, a lilo i kāna 11.^thhoa codeshare.

Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Air Astana me kāna papahana hoʻohou hou. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau mokulele A321neo hou i loko o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka huina o nā mokulele 17.

I ka pūnāwai, ua kauoha ka mokulele i kāna Aviation and Technical Center ma Astana Airport, i kēia manawa e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo mālama ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o Air Astana a manaʻo e hoʻolako i nā lawelawe no nā mokulele ʻekolu e lele ana i Kazakhstan. Ua hoʻoikaika hou ʻia ka hale me ka hoʻohui ʻana o kahi Kula ʻo Aviation Mechanics hou, e hana ana ma lalo o ka EASA Part 66 License.

Ma ka haʻi ʻana i nā hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Foster, Pelekikena a me Luna Nui: "Ke hoʻomau nei ka nui o ka poʻe holo kaʻa no ke kaʻa honua a me ka ʻoihana pūnaewele. Kūleʻa nā ala kūloko a me nā ʻāpana i nā kumu kūʻai paʻakikī a me nā poʻo o ke kumu kūʻai "

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Capacity was bolstered 8% as a result of the introduction of new flights from Astana to Tyumen and Kazan, as well as additional frequencies from Astana to London Heathrow (now daily), Omsk, Dubai, Delhi, and from Almaty to Dushanbe, Baku, Hong Kong, Seoul and Bishkek.
Air Astana recorded a 10% increase in passenger traffic and a 17% uptick in revenues in the first half of the year compared with the corresponding period of 2017.
In spring the airline commissioned its Aviation and Technical Center at Astana Airport, which now provides maintenance support to Air Astana's fleet and intends to provide services for third party airlines flying to Kazakhstan.