ʻO Air Astana, ka mea lawe hae o Kazakhstan, ua manaʻo ʻia e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea lawelawe ʻohana A320neo nui loa ma Central Asia a me CIS i nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana. Ua lilo ka mokulele i mea hoʻokele mua o kēia ʻano ma ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2016 a e piʻi ka ʻauwaʻa i 17 mokulele e 2020. A laila e hana ʻo Air Astana i ʻeono A320neo, ʻehiku A321neo a me ʻehā mau ʻano A321neoLR. E kiʻi ʻia nā mokulele āpau ma ke kumu hoʻolimalima hana e like me nā ʻaelike i kau inoa ʻia no nā mokulele 11 i 2015 a me ʻeono mau mokulele i 2017.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka mokulele A320neo Family hou e ʻae i ka hoʻonui holoʻokoʻa o ka hiki a hiki i 40% i nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana. E holo ana ka A320neo a me A321neo ma nā wahi hoʻokele kūloko a me waena, ʻoiai ua hiki i ka A321neoLR ke hana i nā lawelawe lōʻihi mai Almaty a me Astana i nā wahi i Asia a me ʻEulopa. E like me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā alapine ma nā ala e kū nei, e kau ʻia ka mokulele i nā lawelawe hou i CIS a me Asia Hema.
"Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Air Astana e hoʻonui i nā ʻauwaʻa i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau mokulele i nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana a ke kakali nei mākou i ka lilo ʻana i hoʻokahi o nā ʻohana ʻohana A320neo nui loa ma ka ʻāina," wahi a Peter Foster, Pelekikena a Luna Nui o Air Astana. "ʻO nā'auwaʻa mokulele A320 i kēia manawa ua lanakila nui i ka lawelawe no nā makahiki he nui a ke hāʻawi nei ka ʻohana A320neo i nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe kaʻa a me ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai."
