Hoʻolauleʻa ka mea lawe haki Kazakh Air Astana i ka piha ʻana o ka makahiki ʻumikūmāhiku

I nā makahiki he 17 i hala aku nei, ua ulu ʻo Air Astana e lilo i alakaʻi nui o Central Asia, me kahi kūlana maikaʻi no nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka palekana, ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe, nā mea hou a me nā ʻauwaʻa o kēia au. Mai ka manawa o ka lele mua i hana ʻia ma waena o Almaty a me Nur-Sultan (ʻo Astana ma mua) ma ka 15th Mei 2002, ua lawe ka mokulele i kahi huina o 44 miliona mau mākaʻi a ua hana he 500,000 mau lele. Hoʻonui ʻia ka pūnaewele ʻo Air Astana i kēia manawa i ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 mau mokulele honua a me nā mokulele, me nā ʻauwaʻa e piha ana ʻo 34 Airbus, Boeing a me Embraer mokulele.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Air Astana i 2001 ma ka hoʻokumu a ka Pelekikena mua o Kazakhstan, ʻo Nursultan Nazarbayev, nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka hana o ka mokulele mokulele honua e hoʻomohala i nā ea i nā mokulele kūloko a me nā mokulele e like me nā kūlana ʻenehana kūwaho a hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono no hoʻomaʻamaʻa o nā kamaʻāina Kazakhstan.

ʻO ke Aupuni o ka Repubalika o Kazakhstan a me ka hui UK, BAE Systems PLC ua hoʻopuka kālā kēlā me kēia US $ 17 miliona i ka mokulele i ka hoʻomaka. Mai ka makahiki 2002, ua uku aku ʻo Air Astana ma mua o US $435 miliona ma nā ʻauhau a me nā uku ʻē aʻe i ka waihona kālā mokuʻāina a ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia ma luna o 5,000 mau hana ʻoihana. Ua hoʻokō piha ʻia ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana me nā kālā kūloko a me nā kālā hōʻaiʻē, me ka ʻole o ka koi ʻana i ka waihona kālā o ka mokuʻāina, ka mea e hoʻolilo ai i ka mokulele kekahi o nā hoʻopukapuka mokuʻāina ʻoi loa.

Hoʻomau ʻo Air Astana i ka poʻe ʻōpio e moemoeā e lilo i pailaka ma lalo o ka papahana ab-initio o ka mokulele. Mai ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Air Astana ma mua o 200 mau pailaka ʻōpio ʻo Kazakh ab-initio ma nā kula lele mokulele hanohano.

I Mei o kēia makahiki, ua hana ʻo Air Astana i kahi hana nui ma ka hoʻouka ʻana iā FlyArystan, kahi mokulele mokulele haʻahaʻa. Ua hana ʻia ʻo FlyArystan e hoʻoulu i ka mākeke kūloko a huki i kahi ʻāpana ākea ākea o ka heluna kanaka Kazakh e huakaʻi ma ka lewa a lawelawe i nā wahi o ka honua i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua hōʻailona ʻia kēia makahiki i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka mokulele ʻelua Embraer 190-E2 a Air Astana, me ka lawe ʻia ʻana he ʻekolu mau mokulele hou aku i ka hopena o 2019. Hoʻomau pū kekahi nā hoʻouna o nā ʻauwa hou o Airbus A320neo, me 13 mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hōʻea i ka hopena o 2020 .

ʻO ke kūpaʻa o Air Astana e hāʻawi i nā pae kiʻekiʻe loa o ka ʻike o ka poʻe ohua i ʻike ʻia e ka pūnaewele huakaʻi a puni ka honua no ka makahiki ʻelua ma hope, me ka inoa o ka mokulele ma ke ʻano he "Regional Asian Carriers" ʻoi loa a ʻoi loa no ka "Passenger Comfort in Asia" . He ʻehiku manawa lanakila hoʻi ʻo Air Astana i ka makana Skytrax no ka Mokulele Mokulele Best ma Central Asia a me India.