REG - Air Astana JSC - Codeshare Agreement with China Southern Airlines

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RNS Number : 2303T  Air Astana JSC  30 July 2025

30 July 2025

Air Astana Joint Stock Company

("Air Astana", "Air Astana Group" or "the Group")

Air Astana and China Southern Airlines sign codeshare agreement

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan - Air Astana JSC (the "Company" and, together with its
subsidiary FlyArystan, the "Group"), the leading airline group in Central Asia
and the Caucasus regions by revenue and fleet size, has signed a codeshare
agreement with China Southern Airlines to cooperate on trunk routes between
Kazakhstan and China, providing travellers with more flight options.

 

The codeshare agreement, which was signed on 29 July 2025, covers Air Astana
routes operated from Almaty to Beijing Capital, Almaty to Urumqi and Almaty to
Guangzhou, as well as Astana to Beijing. For China Southern Airlines, the
codeshare covers routes operated on a regular basis from Beijing Daxing to
Almaty, Guangzhou to Almaty, Urumqi to Almaty and Xian to Almaty, together
with Guangzhou to Astana and Urumqi to Astana.

 

Peter Foster, CEO of Air Astana Group, remarked, "China has always been a
strategically important market for Air Astana. Partnering with China Southern
Airlines will boost trade, tourism and cultural links with China and open a
new chapter in aviation cooperation between the two countries."

 

China Southern Airlines President and CEO Han Wensheng stated, "Codeshare
cooperation with Air Astana will result in an increase in our service
frequencies to Kazakhstan. It is not only a strategic move leveraging both
airlines' strengths but also a significant step in deepening Belt and Road
aviation connectivity between China and Kazakhstan."

 

 

For more information, please contact:

 Air Astana Group                                                             Air Astana Group                                      Vigo Consulting

 Investor Relations                                                           Corporate Communications                              IR and PR Adviser

 investor.relations@airastana.com (mailto:investor.relations@airastana.com)   media@airastana.com (mailto:media@airastana.com)      airastana@vigoconsulting.com (mailto:airastana@vigoconsulting.com)

 

 

About Air Astana Group

 

Air Astana Group is the largest airline group in Central Asia and the Caucasus
regions by revenue and fleet size. The Group operates a fleet of 61 aircraft
split between Air Astana, its full-service airline that operated its inaugural
flight in 2002, and FlyArystan, its low-cost airline established in 2019. The
Group provides scheduled, point-to-point and transit, short-haul and long-haul
air travel and cargo on domestic, regional and international routes across
Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Far East, Gulf, India and Europe. Air Astana
has been recognised by SkyTrax as the Best Airline in Central Asia & CIS
fourteen years running and received the Best Airline Staff Service in Central
Asia & CIS award nine times in a row. FlyArystan has been recognised as
the Best Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) in Central Asia & CIS at the SkyTrax
awards three times. Additionally, Air Astana was awarded a five-star rating in
the major airline category by the Airline Passenger Experience Association
(APEX). The Group is listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, Astana
International Exchange and London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: AIRA).

 

About China Southern

 

China Southern is committed to developing service brand combining "affinity
and refinement" to deliver an exceptional and seamless travel experience to
all passengers. In Year 2022, China Southern was honored as "China's Best
Airline" (SKYTRAX 2022) and "Five-Star Diamond Airline" (World Brand Lab
2023). It operates the most extensive Central Asia network topping all Chinese
carriers: 7 destinations across all 5 Central Asian countries (Almaty, Astana,
Tashkent, Samarkand, Dushanbe, Ashgabat, Bishkek). This decisive leadership
position among all Chinese carriers in terms of the number of flights, flight
frequencies and market share, makes China Southern a major force in building
air connectivity between China and countries and regions along the "Belt and
Road".

 

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