I-Air Astana irekhode ukonyuka nge-10% kwezithuthi zabakhweli kunye ne-17% yokunyuka kwingeniso kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elihambelanayo lika-2017. Phakathi kukaJanuwari noJuni 2018, inqwelo moya yathwala abakhweli abangaphezulu kwezigidi ezibini.
Ukukhula kwezithuthi kwaqhutywa kukuqina kokusebenza kwezithuthi zamazwe aphesheya ezinyuke nge-22% xa kuthelekiswa nelo xesha linye ngo-2017.
Ukuhamba kwamazwe aphesheya kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2018 kukhule nge-75% ukuya kwi-320,000 yabakhweli kwisiseko esomeleleyo sango-2017. Isabelo sabakhweli esidlulayo sifikelele kwi-30% yezithuthi zakwamanye amazwe zeAir Astana, ukusuka kuma-21% kwangexesha elifanayo kunyaka ophelileyo.
Umthamo womelezwe nge-8% ngenxa yokuqaliswa kweenqwelomoya ezintsha ukusuka e-Astana ukuya eTyumen naseKazan, kunye nee-frequencies ezongezelelweyo ukusuka e-Astana ukuya eLondon Heathrow (ngoku yonke imihla), e-Omsk, eDubai, eDelhi, kwaye ukusuka e-Almaty ukuya eDushanbe, eBaku, eHong Kong, eSeoul naseBishkek. Iinkonzo ezongezelelweyo zongezwa eBeijing, eMoscow, eSt. Petersburg naseKiev kuzo zombini iindawo. Ukongezelela, ngo-Matshi 26, i-airline yaqalisa iinkonzo ezintsha ze-Atyrau-Frankfurt-Atyrau.
Ngo-Matshi, i-Air Astana yagqiba isivumelwano se-codeshare kunye ne-Cathay Pacific, inika abakhweli unxibelelwano olufanelekileyo xa besiya e-Asia nase-Australia ngeHong Kong, ibe yi-11 yayo.thiqabane le-codeshare.
U-Air Astana naye uyaqhubeka nenkqubo yokuhlaziya izithuthi. Yamkele iinqwelomoya ezintathu ezintsha ze-A321neo kwizithuthi zayo njengenxalenye ye-odolo yenqwelomoya ezili-17.
Ngentwasahlobo inqwelomoya yayalela iZiko layo loPhapho kunye nezoBuchwephesha kwisikhululo senqwelomoya i-Astana, ngoku esibonelela ngenkxaso yolondolozo kwizithuthi zeAir Astana kwaye ijonge ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zeenqwelo moya zangaphandle ezibhabhela eKazakhstan. Eli ziko liye laqiniswa ngakumbi ngokongezwa kweSikolo esitsha soBuchwephesha boPhapho, esisebenza phantsi kwelayisenisi ye-EASA Icandelo 66.
Ethetha ngeziphumo, uPeter Foster, uMongameli kunye neCEO uthe: “Amanani abakhweli ayaqhubeka esomelela kwishishini lezothutho nakwamanye amazwe. Iindlela zasekhaya nezommandla zijamelana namaxabiso anzima kunye neendleko zomoya omkhulu ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Capacity was bolstered 8% as a result of the introduction of new flights from Astana to Tyumen and Kazan, as well as additional frequencies from Astana to London Heathrow (now daily), Omsk, Dubai, Delhi, and from Almaty to Dushanbe, Baku, Hong Kong, Seoul and Bishkek.
- Air Astana recorded a 10% increase in passenger traffic and a 17% uptick in revenues in the first half of the year compared with the corresponding period of 2017.
- In spring the airline commissioned its Aviation and Technical Center at Astana Airport, which now provides maintenance support to Air Astana's fleet and intends to provide services for third party airlines flying to Kazakhstan.
