11 June 2008
On the 11 June on the board of national airline’s aircraft, Air Astana
together with Voluntary Company of Mercy for Children‘s Summer Vacations
promoted the actions of Air Astana’s gift to children.Seventy eight children from Orphanage 1 of Almaty district, for the
first time in their lives, flew in an aircraft from Almaty to Balhash
and return. The flight was not only fascinating and interesting but
cognitive and liberalizing. The pilot of aircraft, Captain Igor
Seguedin, spoke to the children about the arrangements of the plane and
the different components. The children toured the cabin and cockpit and
were given colorful gifts as satchels with pencils, notebooks etc, at
the end of the tour.
Mr. Ashendra Liyanage, Vice-President of Sales and
Marketing at Air Astana remarked “For Air Astana, this action is not
only the part of merciful program but also the opportunity to show the
children, the world of the aviation and all its components as planes,
pilots and cabin crew. Probably in the future some of the children will
decide to become pilots or air stewards of Air Astana, and we, on our
part are ready to support them”.
Air Astana is a full member of IATA and the only
airline in Kazakhstan certified for aircrafts maintenance to European
EASA/Part 145 standards.
Air Astana JSC is a joint enterprise of the Kazakhstan State Holding,
Samruk and British company BAE Systems with share-holdings of 51% and
49% respectively.
Currently the Air Astana aircraft fleet consists of western aircrafts such as Boeing B767-300, В757-200, Airbus А321, А320, and Fokker F50.
For more information:
PR Department
Air Astana
Phone:+7 727 258 41 35 ext. 161
E-mail: Zhanna.Badaubayeva@airastana.com