Chief executives from some of the world’s leading airlines will be in attendance at Routes Reconnected to discuss the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business models and how they intend to rebuild passenger demand.
With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at new services from Loganair, Eastern Airlines and Air Astana.
This week: Bamboo Airways plans to make its European debut; Kazakhstan’s flag carrier Air Astana is expanding service to India; and Air Senegal is entering the Swiss market.
This week: Emirates firms Dreamliner and A350 orders; Gulf Air and SpiceJet sign cooperation agreement; Norwegian hires a new CEO; Air Astana puts faith in Max jets and more.
Low-cost carrier FlyArystan is preparing to open its first international routes over the coming months, as well as adding a string of new domestic services. The planned expansion comes at the same time as Kazakhstan’s aviation regulator has enlisted the UK Civil Aviation Authority to help the country attract more transit connections and expand its international network.
Air Astana's new budget carrier FlyArystan aims to stimulate the low-cost market in Kazakhstan and expects airports to be "champing at the bit" to start conversations.
Routes Silk Road will bring together key decision makers from the region’s airlines, airports and tourism authorities for face-to-face meetings, networking opportunities and the Routes conference programme.
The fifth and final part of our focus on ‘the Stans’, the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia, looks at the aviation market in Kazakhstan as the country’s capital city gears up to host Routes Silk Road 2019.
This week: Air Astana’s new low-fare unit FlyArystan set to expand its network; Lucky Air to serve second point in Russia; and Air Italy to resume service to the Maldives.
During their sponsored lunch at Routes Europe Astana Convention Bureau, hosts of Routes Silk Road 2019, showcased their rapidly growing destination to senior decision makers from the route development community.
China is setting out its stall for a $900bn investment programme to nurture new trade links between East and West. Routes News looks at the opportunities for air transport providers.
Air Astana has proven that the right balance between managing costs and investing in reliability and efficiency can produce a profitable result, even when economic conditions in your home market have brought recent uncertainty.
As the world’s ninth largest country it is no surprise that Kazakhstan has a real diversity of cultures, climate and infrastructure. But a renewed focus on its aviation sector and investment in tourism means the country will soon be appearing on more airline network maps.
Central Asian country, Kazakhstan has announced that it will expand its visa-free travel program to 19 countries across the world – allowing visitors to access the country for a period of 15 days without a visa.
