REG - Air Astana JSC - Codeshare Partnership with Air India

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RNS Number : 7684Y  Air Astana JSC  10 September 2025

10 September 2025

Air Astana Joint Stock Company

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

Air Astana and Air India enter codeshare partnership

 

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
partnership with Air India.

 

The codeshare partnership enables Air Astana and Air India, India's leading
global airline, to strengthen cooperation on key routes between Kazakhstan and
India, covering Air Astana's services between Almaty-Delhi and Almaty-Mumbai.
Under the agreement, Air India will place its 'AI' designator code on Air
Astana-operated flights, allowing Air Astana to offer customers greater
connectivity and convenience for travel between two countries.

 

Peter Foster, the Air Astana Group's CEO, commented: "We are delighted to have
concluded a comprehensive codeshare agreement with Asia's oldest airline. Air
India is an exceptionally well-managed business which operates a comprehensive
network of flights to, from and across India, the world's most populous
country and one of the fastest growing travel markets. India is of key
strategic importance to the Air Astana Group as we increase flights from
Kazakhstan to Delhi, Mumbai and Goa. The codeshare will accelerate the
increasingly strong business, tourist and student traffic flows between our
two countries."

 

Campbell Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Air India, commented: "Our new
codeshare partnership with Air Astana creates stronger air links to
Kazakhstan, a fast-growing market with immense potential for tourism. Beyond
serving leisure travel demand, our partnership will also support trade and
cultural exchanges between our two countries, while bringing a new destination
in Central Asia closer to our customers."

 

The new arrangement builds on an existing interline partnership between Air
Astana and Air India that began earlier in 2025. Under this agreement, Air
Astana customers have already enjoyed convenient connections via Delhi and
Mumbai to 18 destinations across India, as well as nine international
destinations served by Air India. At the same time, Air India passengers have
gained access to Air Astana's network through Almaty, connecting to key cities
in Central Asia and China, including Astana (Kazakhstan), Bishkek
(Kyrgyzstan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Dushanbe (Tajikistan), and Urumqi
(China).

 

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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 62 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 Air India Group

 

The Air India Group - comprising of full-service global airline Air India and
low-cost regional carrier Air India Express - is spearheading a new era of
Indian aviation. The Air India story began in 1932 when JRD Tata piloted the
airline's inaugural flight and opened the skies for aviation in India. Today,
Air India group employs more than 30,000 people, operates over 300 aircraft
and carries customers to 55 domestic and 48 international destinations across
five continents.

 

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