"We intend to fly daily routes between Bangkok-Astana and Bangkok-Almaty somewhere between the end of 2019 and mid-2020 with new Airbus 321-neo aircraft," said Peter Foster, president and chief executive officer of Air Astana.Currently, Air Astana operates four times a week from Almaty to Bangkok and twice a week from Astana to Bangkok. The airline also operates on code-sharing agreement with Bangkok Airways to bring Kazakh tourists to Thailand's top tourism destinations like Samui and Phuket. "Primarily, Southeast Asia is very important for our domestic market here for vacation travel and Southeast Asian destinations are very popular in Kazakhstan. Obviously, the route is increasingly being used by travellers from other markets such as Russia, Ukraine and Georgia," Foster stressed. Air Astana's CEO said the airline aimed to increase flights from/to Astana.

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 25, 2016 10:18 UTC