Air Astana (Eyre Astana)
Company
The Eyre Astana airline was registered in 2001, and on May 15, 2002 performed the first flight Almaty-Astana. The inauguration of run was attended by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Sir Richard Evans, representing two shareholders of airline – the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the British company BAE Systems PLC respectively.
Owners:
Samruk-Kazyna - 51%
BAE Systems - 49%
As of June, 2011 in the company more than 3 thousand employees and 50 different directions of runs, 24 airplanes. In 2010 the company transported 2.35 million passengers.