Air Astana produces a pre-tax first half profit of $36.9 million

Air Astana (Almaty) posted a pre-tax profit of $36.9 million for the first half of 2011, an increase of 10.4% over 2010. Revenues rose by 18.7% to $346 million and passenger numbers increased by 16.4% according to the airline.

In other news, Air Astana in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan, is decorating 10 Boeing and Airbus aircraft with special commemorative insignia and slogans until the end of 2011. The purpose is to promote Kazakhstan’s national identity and to attract awareness of visitors to this important event in the life of the country.

The process of decorating the fleet will be completed in September 2011, with the 10 hour decorative task for each aircraft being undertaken at intervals between scheduled flights.

Aircraft bearing commemorative markings will operate flights to 23 domestic and 31 international destinations.

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Copyright Photo: Karl Cornil.

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