Besides, from 2nd March, the airline will increase the frequency of flights from Almaty to Beijing to 4 times a week and plans to increase the frequency to daily flights during summer season. The flights will be operated by Airbus A321LR and Airbus A321neo.
Adel Dauletbek, Vice President for Marketing and Sales of Air Astana:
„With the beginning of summer navigation, the airline is gradually increasing its cargo capacity in China to meet the growing demand in the country with the largest economy and population. Our passengers have the opportunity to travel on comfortable Airbus A321LR and A321neo aircraft. We are confident that these flights will be in demand by passengers who are heading to China for business, tourism and other purposes.”
The airline resumed flights to Beijing from 22nd November, 2022 after suspending flights with China in March 2020 due to the pandemic. From 2002 to 2020, more than 1 million 100 thousand passengers were transported in this direction.

