FlyArystan to Launch New Routes, Expand Capacity from Almaty, Kazakhstan

FlyArystan, a division of Air Astana, has unveiled plans to expand its base in Almaty with the launch of flights from the city to both Aktobe and Kostanay.

The low cost airline also plans to add significant capacity on existing routes, in time for the peak summer season.

When comparing the planned destinations for summer 2020 versus summer 2019 FlyArystan has doubled the number of destinations served from Almaty from 6 to 12, and nearly doubled summer seat capacity with an increase in weekly seats of 90% to the southern capital.

The continued network expansion of FlyArystan is made possible due to the arrival of the airline's fifth aircraft, which is scheduled to join the fleet in March 2020.

The airline will operate the Almaty-Kostanay service on a daily basis from 12 March this year, while the Almaty-Aktobe flights will operate thrice weekly.

Other highlights of FlyArystan's additional flying schedule for summer 2020 include:

• Almaty-Shymkent-Almaty services from daily to 13x weekly. An 86% increase in capacity;

• Almaty-Pavlodar-Almaty services from daily to 10x weekly. A 43% increase in capacity;

• Almaty-Nur-Sultan-Almaty services from 2x daily to 3x daily. A 50% increase in capacity; and

• Almaty-Karaganda-Almaty services from daily to 9x weekly. A 29% increase in capacity.

Janar Jailauova, Director of Sales and Marketing of FlyArystan, said, "FlyArystan started operations just before the summer last year. Hundreds of thousands of people were able to explore with us then and with the growth of aircraft in Almaty this year, with new routes and more capacity for the summer even more people will be able to take to the skies to explore or to catch up with relatives and friends."

The airline will also soon launch flights between Almaty and Nur-Sultan to Kyzylorda, as well as to Petropavlovsk and Kokshetau from Almaty.

FlyArystan now has flights available to 12 destinations from Almaty.

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