Air Astana flies daily from Dubai (DXB) to Almaty (ALA) in Kazakhstan (Khazakhstan / Kazakstan / Khazakstan). Their website flight schedule also lists a twice weekly flight from Dubai to Astana (TSE) which appears to be a continuation of the DXB/ALA flight.
Dubai to Moscow flights
Air Astana were starting daily flights from Dubai to Moscow according to an advertisement in 7days newspaper (in Dubai) 23 July 2007. Unknown if direct or with stopover in Almaty. Advertised contact number was tel +971-4-3166572 (Air Astana office in the DNATA Holiday Center building).
Dubai contact details for Air Astana
General Sales Agent in Dubai (DXB) is DNATA.
Air Astana Dubai, Dnata Travel Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road, Ground Floor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971-4-3166572, Fax: +971-4-3211064, email: dxb.sales @ airastana.com, dxb.reservation @ airastana.com
Air Astana Dubai Airport Office, Dubai International Airport, Terminal 1
Tel: +971-4-2245590, Fax: +971-4-2245591, email: dxb.airport @ airastana.com
Kazakhstan contact details are
Online bookings telephone +7-327-2584139 changing to +7-727-2584139 on 05 August 2007 (is the Almaty area code changing from 327 to 727 then?). Email online_booking @ airastana.com.
Address: 73, Gogol Str., “Otrar” hotel, tel +7-327-2588202, fax +7-327-2588215, email: reception @ otrar.kz
Air Astana 24 hour ticketing office tel: +7-327-2506850, 2506856, 2506846, 2506835, fax +7-327-2588215
e-mail: callcentre1 @ otrar.kz, callcentre2 @ otrar.kz
24 hour ticket office at International Almaty Airport tel +7-327-2703094
Air Astana General Information
Some information from Air Astana website - www.airastana.com - 23 July 2007 ...
Air Astana is a joint venture between the Government of Kazakhstan and BAE Systems, with 51% owned by the government and 49% by BAE.
Flight safety and high quality passenger service are the airline’s main principles of operation.
Air Astana was registered in 2001 and began flight operations in May 2002.
Since that time, Air Astana has increased its fleet from 3 up to 18 aircraft, employs more than 1800 people worldwide and expanded its route network to include 25 domestic and 18 international routes.
The airline is a full member of the IATA (International Association of Air Transport) and is the only airline in Kazakhstan which is EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) JAR-145 certified to perform aircraft maintenance.
In ratings published in August, 2005 by the well known industry magazine Airline Business, Air Astana was rated fourth among the world’s 200 leading airlines in terms of the rate of growth of passenger volume and total number of kilometers traveled by passengers in 2004.
Peter Foster was appointed as president of Air Astana in 2005 and by the end of the same year, a ten-year Strategy Plan for the development of the airline was completed. It can be summarized by two key goals – the expansion of its fleet and network; and the continual improvement of service to its customers.
A number of changes will be implemented in the immediate future. New aircraft and an increase in the frequency of flights on both domestic and international routes, new menus, enhanced in-flight entertainment systems, and a frequent flyer bonus program for its passengers will all be introduced by Air Astana.