The national carrier and Star Alliance member carrier, Air India has signed a free flow code-share agreement with Air Astana JSC, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Shri Rohit Nandan, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India Ltd and Mr. Richard Ledger, Vice President - Sales Worldwide, Air Astana JSC signed the agreement at a ceremony here on Tuesday.
Under this Agreement, AI would codeshare as marketing carrier on flights operated daily by Air Astana (KC) on Delhi-Almaty vv sector. With this, AI has opened its second gateway in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS countries) after introduction of flight to Moscow making strong inroads in the Russian subcontinent. This code share will also facilitate the historically strong flow of corporate traffic from oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and information technology sector and Indian students studying in central Asian Region.
Speaking on this occasion, Shri. Rohit Nandan acknowledged, This agreement has enabled Air India to reach out to the CIS and Eastern European market. We look forward to expand our relationship with Air Astana in future. Air India already has code share partnerships with 14 other prestigious airlines across the globe and Air Astana will be the 15th code share partner of Air India. Air Astana is the only carrier in Eastern Europe and CIS countries flying with the SKYTRAX-4 star tag.
Details of the code-share flights are as follows:
Under this Agreement, AI would codeshare as marketing carrier on flights operated daily by Air Astana (KC) on Delhi-Almaty vv sector. With this, AI has opened its second gateway in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS countries) after introduction of flight to Moscow making strong inroads in the Russian subcontinent. This code share will also facilitate the historically strong flow of corporate traffic from oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and information technology sector and Indian students studying in central Asian Region.
Speaking on this occasion, Shri. Rohit Nandan acknowledged, This agreement has enabled Air India to reach out to the CIS and Eastern European market. We look forward to expand our relationship with Air Astana in future. Air India already has code share partnerships with 14 other prestigious airlines across the globe and Air Astana will be the 15th code share partner of Air India. Air Astana is the only carrier in Eastern Europe and CIS countries flying with the SKYTRAX-4 star tag.
Details of the code-share flights are as follows:
| Routes | Flight No. | Departure | Arrival | Days of Operations |
| DEL-ALA | KC 908/AI 6521 | 12:20 | 16:35 | DAILY |
| ALA-DEL | KC 907/AI 6520 | 07:50 | 11:10 | DAILY |
