Tourism in Kazakhstan - Airlines of Kazakhstan, Hotels in Kazakhstan, Air Astana, Scat, List of Airlines of Kazakhstan, Starline.Kz (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Airlines of Kazakhstan, Hotels in Kazakhstan, Air Astana, Scat, List of Airlines of Kazakhstan, Starline.kz, Burundaiavia, Euro-Asia Air, Sayakhat, Air Kokshetau, Kazair West, Tahmid Air, Berkut State Air Company, Almaty Aviation, Asia Continental Airlines, Atyrau Air Ways, Hotel Kazakhstan, Aerotur Air, Aerotrans, Mega Aircompany, Tulpar Air Service. Excerpt: Air Astana is a Kazakhstani airline with its head office in the Air Astana Centre 1 in Almaty and its registered office in Astana. It is the national carrier of Kazakhstan and operates scheduled domestic and international services. Its main bases are Astana International Airport and Almaty International Airport. Air Astana is one of the sponsors of the Astana Team, a professional road bicycle racing team. Air Astana leased its first three Boeing 737 aircraft in May 2002. Three Boeing 757s were added and in 2004 five Fokker 50s were acquired, the latter to largely develop the domestic network. It became the national carrier after the government closed Air Kazakhstan in February 2004 and transferred all route authorities to Air Astana. It is a joint venture owned by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (51%) and BAE Systems (49%). It has 3,000 employees (at March 2010). The airline recently entered partnership with Lufthansa expanding flight offering for the passengers of both airlines. Air Astana serves 21 domestic and 23 international destinations. Recently opened routes to Bishkek, Baku, Novosibirsk and Kuala Lumpur, improved its regional route network. Service frequencies were also increased to Bangkok, Frankfurt, Istanbul and Moscow. Air Astana currently is not part of any global airline alliance but has code share agreements with the following carriers: In addition to thes... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1485799