Air Astana ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 10% o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kaʻa kaʻa a me ka piʻi ʻana o 17% i ka loaʻa kālā ma ka hapa mua o ka makahiki i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa kūpono o 2017. Ma waena o Ianuali a me Iune 2018, ua lawe ka mokulele ma mua o ʻelua miliona mau kaʻa.

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 hoʻolauna 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 hoa pili codeshare 11.

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 "