Me ka hopena mai kēia lā, hiki i nā poʻe paʻa palapala passport ʻo Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) ke hauʻoli i kahi huakaʻi visa manuahi 14 lā i ka Repubalika o Kazakhstan a hiki i nā lāhui Kazakh ke hoʻolilo like i 14 mau lā ma Hong Kong ma kahi kumu visa manuahi. Ua pūlima ʻia ka ʻaelike visa manuahi ma waena o nā aupuni HKSAR a me Kazakhstan i Mei 2012.
E hoʻolauna ʻo Air Astana i ʻelua mau mokulele ma waena o Almaty a me Hong Kong i ka lā 28 ʻAukake, me ka lawelawe e hoʻokele ʻia e Boeing 757 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻoihana 16 / 150. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana o Almaty i Hong Kong he 6 mau hola 10 mau minuke, ʻoiai ʻo Hong Kong i Almaty lele he 7 hola 10 mau minuke. E hauʻoli nā poʻe holo e hōʻea ana i Hong Kong i nā pilina kūpono ma nā mokulele mokulele i ka hema o Kina a me Asia hikina hema. No nā poʻe kaʻa e hōʻea ana i Almaty, hāʻawi ʻo Air Astana i kahi pūnaewele hoʻonui wikiwiki o nā lawelawe honua i Rūsia, Central Asia a me ka Caucasus, a me ka lehulehu o nā wahi kūloko.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o ka huakaʻi manuahi visa a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lawelawe pololei hou mai Almaty a i Hong Kong i ka mahina aʻe e hopena i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana nui a me ka leʻaleʻa ma waena o kēia mau wahi hoihoi," wahi a Ibrahim Canliel, ka Hope Pelekikena Air Astana. Ke kuai a me ke kuai ana. "E hauʻoli nā poʻe holo ma waena o ka alpine Almaty a me Hong Kong ikaika i ka Skytrax 4-star award winning service."
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Air Astana i nā hana hoʻolele maʻamau i ka lā 15 Mei 2002 a ke hoʻohana nei i kēia manawa he 50 mau lawelawe o ka honua a me nā lawelawe kūloko mai nā hub ma Almaty, Astana a me Atyrau. Lele ʻo Air Astana i nā ʻauwaʻa komohana a pau i loaʻa i ʻelua Boeing 767, ʻelima Boeing 757, ʻumi Airbus A320, ʻeono Embraer 190 a me ʻekolu Fokker 50s. He lālā piha ʻo Air Astana o ka International Air Transport Association a ʻo ia ka mokulele mua ma Kazakhstan i loaʻa i ka EASA Part 145 ka palapala mālama mokulele. I Kepakemapa 2011, ua hala ʻo Air Astana i kāna ʻekolu makahiki IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), me ka ʻole o ka ʻike.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “I'm confident that the combination of visa free travel and the launch of new direct services from Almaty to Hong Kong next month will result in major business and leisure traffic growth between these two exciting destinations, “ said Ibrahim Canliel, Air Astana Vice President Marketing and Sales.
- Air Astana will launch a twice weekly flights between Almaty and Hong Kong service on 28th August, with the service to be operated by Boeing 757 configured in a 16 business class / 150 economy class configuration.
- For passengers arriving in Almaty, Air Astana offers a rapidly expanding network of international services to Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as a host of domestic destinations.
