Reading Time: < 1 minute On Monday, the number of flights through Kazakhstan’s airspace tripled to more than 450. It is due to European bans on flights by Russian airlines. The company said it was prepared for an increased workload and would service all flights. The closure of EU airspace to Russian airliners and the prospect of Russia shutting out […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a result of investigation launched into the Bek Air Fokker 100 crash in December, 2019, the Kazakhstan Aviation Administration (KAA) has identified a number of severe safety violations by the carrier and its crew, after examining the airline. One of the main violations is related to airworthiness of the Bek Air fleet, which was […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute At least 12 fatalities are reported after a Bek Air’s (a Kazakh airline) Fokker 100 with over 90 people on board lost height and crashed into a building shortly after take-off near the city of Almaty. The flight Z2100 was scheduled to fly from Almaty to Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana, but according to the authorities […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kazakhstan start-up airline IrMa Air Service launched specialist airfreight services in mid-July, using an Ilyushin IL-18 four-engined veteran turboprop. The aircraft is registered under the flag of private East Wing airline and whereas that carrier focuses on air ambulance services, IrMa Air Service, having commercial rights to the aircraft, supplies goods to Iran, primarily chilled […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kazakhstan’s decision to implement legislative changes that enable airlines to charge passengers for baggage and other ancillary services, has culminated in the launch of FlyArystan, the central Asian country’s new low-fare airline, which took to the skies on May 1 for its first revenue flights from Almaty International Airport to Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) and Taraz. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The government of Kazakhstan has embarked on a scheme to revitalise scheduled air service links between the nation’s smaller towns, Zhenis Kasymbek, the country’s Minister for Investment and Development has announced. The pilot project involves a roadmap showing the renewal of the fleet of local Zhetysu Airlines with 19-seat turboprops, the first of which may […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute SCAT Airlines Boeing 737, performing flight from Almaty to Kostanay with 80 people on board, landed on Kostanay’s runway 33 and slowed safely but missed the last available exit taxiway 3. While attempting to turn around to backtrack the runway to taxiway 3 the aircraft went off the runway and became stuck with nose gear […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Air Astana Airbus A320 was performing flight from Shymkent to Astana with 97 passengers and 9 crew, when the aircraft landed but went right off the runway temporarily, crossed taxiways B and C and returned onto the center line of the runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained damage to the left hand engine […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The parliament of Kazakhstan has approved legislative amendments banning foreigners from holding more than 49% ownership of the country’s airlines, Kazakhstan Today newswire reports. The amendments are being introduced as part of preparing flag carrier Air Astana for privatization. Currently, 49% of the airline is owned by British company BAE Systems, with the remaining 51% […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kazakhstan is to adopt a permanent free-market “open skies” air transport policy at the airport serving its capital city of Astana from May of this year, timed to begin just prior to the Expo 2017 event being held there from June, the gateway’s official representative has told Russian Aviation Insider. This bold decision of the […]