Air Astana is looking for another Boeing 757

Following the highly successful upgrade of its fleet of four Boeing 757s Peter Foster, President of the airline, has told AERBT that the carrier is active in securing a further example of Boeing’s out of production narrow body.

“From an operational point of view the addition of winglets has been a great success saving up to 5% in fuel economy,” he noted.  AERBT can vouch for the quality of the upgrade to the cabin interior, which includes the loos, probably now the finest Business Class on a single aisle aircraft.  The 2+2 layout includes seats with simple controls, whilst not fully flat are very satisfactory and most comfortable.  Very tall travellers should try and pick row one, with more than 7ft of leg room.  A nice touch is the table, which is stored in a manner to allow it to come out of the seat front rather than the traditional armrest.  With just a maximum of 16 passengers in the cabin the service and catering is exemplary.

Mr Foster says that with the extra aircraft Air Astana would like to improve its London – Almaty operation from two services per week to three, which it probably can from an air service agreement point of view. www.airastana.com

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