FlyArystan to Launch 8 Routes from New Karaganda Base

FlyArystan, a relatively new low cost airline in Kazakhstan, has unveiled plans to launch eight routes from its new aircraft base in Karaganda.

Starting 20 April, the sixth FlyArystan aircraft will join the fleet of the rapidly growing Kazakh carrier and will become the first one based at the Sary-Arka International Airport, Karaganda.

The new routes to be served from Karaganda are to Atyrau, Aktau, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Aktobe, Shymkent, Semey and Moscow (Zhukovsky). They will join the existing Karaganda service to Almaty that was started in May 2019 with the launch of FlyArystan.

Sales for all domestic routes are available now, with sales for the new route to Moscow (Zhukovsky) expected to start in early-mid March once all necessary regulatory approvals for are received. The new scheduled flights will be operated according to the following schedule:

From 20 April 2020

- Karaganda-Aktau-Karaganda 2 times a week on Mondays and Thursdays.

- Karaganda-Kostanay-Karaganda 2 times per week on Mondays and Fridays.

From 21 April 2020

- Karaganda-Shymkent-Karaganda 4 times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

From 22 April 2020

- Karaganda-Atyrau-Karaganda 2 times per week will be operated on Wednesdays and Sundays.

- Karaganda-Aktobe-Karaganda 2 times a week will be operated on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

- Karaganda-Kyzylorda-Karaganda 2 times per week on Wednesdays and Sundays.

From 23 April 2020

- Karaganda-Semey-Karaganda 2 times per week on Mondays and Thursdays.

From 16 May 2020

- Karaganda- Moscow (Zhukovsky)-Karaganda 2 times a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Janar Jailauova, sales and marketing director said “The opening of a base in Karaganda is an important event not only for residents of the entire region, but also for the Kazakhstan aviation industry as a whole, since the new FlyArystan base in Karaganda is not only the first regional base of a low-cost airline, but also demonstrates the growth that can be achieved by other large regional airports across the country. We are very pleased that now from the very heart of Kazakhstan it is possible to fly directly to 8 other domestic cities right across the country, and Moscow (Zhukovsky), with our low fares. That is great for Karaganda, the region and people all across the country.”

In less than 10 months of operations FlyArystan has sold approximately 1,200,000 seats and carried more than 950,000 passengers with a customer load factor of 93%. Ontime performance of the new low cost carrier has averaged more than 88% since its startup in May 2019.

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