ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 30. Kazakhstan's Air Astana Group has signed an agreement with Air Lease Corporation for the operating leasing of seven Airbus A321LR aircraft, Trend reports.
According to the company, the signing took place after the Board of Directors approved this major transaction.
The aircraft will be delivered starting in 2026.
"The agreement is in line with the Group's plans to expand its fleet to 80 aircraft by the end of 2028," the company said.
Furthermore, Kazakhstan is taking consistent steps to develop air transport in the country.
Thus, in 2023, the aircraft fleet of Kazakh airlines increased from 89 to 98 units, and the seat capacity increased from 12,000 to 15,000 (an increase of 26 percent). All this will improve the regularity of flights and the accessibility of air travel in general.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers transported by air in Kazakhstan amounted to 13.3 million from January through December 2023. This is 20.7 percent more than in the same period in 2022.
At the same time, passenger turnover amounted to 25.9 billion p-km (increased by 28.8 percent compared to January–December 2022).