Kazakh carrier continues China expansion
Kazakh carrier continues China expansion
And adds Frankfurt for the summer
JANUARY 23rd, 2025. Air Astana will be adding another China destination from March 30th. The new route will link Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty with the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
“China has always been a strategically important market for Air Astana, with strong business and leisure traffic growth since the first service was launched between Astana and Beijing more than 20 years ago,” said Air Astana’s chief executive Peter Foster. “The launch of the new service to Guangzhou represents a very significant step in expanding Air Astana’s China network.”
Flight number KC187 will take off from Almaty International Airport at 20:50 on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and arrive at Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport at 05:45 the following morning. The return trip, flight number KC188, departs from Guangzhou at 06:50 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays arriving back in Almaty at 10:20.
The flight will be served by an Airbus A321 Neo for the flight and the journey time is about six hours out and six and a half hours return.
The airline currently operates daily flights to Beijing from both Almaty and Astana and four flights a week from Almaty to Urumqi.
Frankfurt for Summer
The Kazakh flag carrier will also be launching a new service between Almaty and Frankfurt from June 1st. The service will operate three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Flight number KC221 will depart from Almaty at 01:30 and arrive at Frankfurt International Airport at 08:30. The return leg, flight number KC222, will take off from Frankfurt at 08:30 and touch down again in Almaty at 18:55.
This flight will also be served by an Airbus A321 Neo which will take around eight and a half hours on the outward journey and seven and a half for the return.
The new route complements the airline’s existing flights to Frankfurt from Astana and the Western Kazakh city of Uralsk.
Picture: Guangzhou skyline by Tim Wu via Wikimedia Commons
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