{"id":254649,"date":"2025-08-05T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=254649"},"modified":"2025-08-04T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:42:15","slug":"air-astana-and-china-southern-sign-codeshare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2025\/08\/air-astana-and-china-southern-sign-codeshare\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Astana and China Southern sign codeshare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 5 August 2025: Air Astana and China Southern Airlines signed a codeshare agreement last week that will strengthen cooperation on trunk routes between Kazakhstan and China, providing travellers with more flight options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The codeshare agreement covers Air Astana routes operated from Almaty to Beijing Capital, Almaty to Urumqi and Almaty to Guangzhou, as well as Astana to Beijing. For China Southern Airlines, the codeshare covers routes operated regularly from Beijing Daxing to Almaty, Guangzhou to Almaty, Urumqi to Almaty and Xian to Almaty, together with Guangzhou to Astana and Urumqi to Astana.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1-600x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254652 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-1.jpg 654w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/325;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo credit: Air Astana.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Air Astana Group CEO Peter Foster remarked: \u201cChina has always been a strategically important market for Air Astana. Partnering with China Southern Airlines will boost trade, tourism and cultural links with China and open a new chapter in aviation cooperation between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China Southern Airlines President and CEO Han Wensheng stated, \u201cCodeshare cooperation with Air Astana will result in an increase in our service frequencies to Kazakhstan. It is not only a strategic move leveraging both airlines\u2019 strengths but also a significant step in deepening Belt and Road aviation connectivity between China and Kazakhstan\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, 5 August 2025: Air Astana and China Southern Airlines signed a codeshare agreement last week that will strengthen cooperation on trunk routes between Kazakhstan and China, providing travellers with more flight options. 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