I-Air Astana imake iminyaka engu-16 yokusebenza ngempumelelo emakethe yaseRussia. Inkampani yezindiza yavula izinsiza eziya eRussia ngo-2002, ngezindiza zokuqala ezisuka e-Astana nase-Almaty ziya eMoscow. Phakathi kuka-2009 no-2012, izinsizakalo ezengeziwe zaqalwa kusukela e-Astana kuya e-Ekaterinburg, e-Novosibirsk, e-Omsk nase-St. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, izinsizakalo ezimbili ezintsha ziqale ukusuka e-Astana kuya e-Tyumen nase-Kazan, okulethe inani eliphelele lamadolobha ase-Russian ahlinzekwa ukusuka e-Kazakhstan kuya kwayisikhombisa.
"I-Russia isaqhubeka nokuba ngenye yezimakethe ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Air Astana futhi kanye neChina ne-India, amaza okusebenza aqhubeka nokukhula esikhathini esizayo," kusho uPeter Foster, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Air Astana. “Okwamanje i-Air Astana isebenza ngezindiza zansuku zonke ezisuka eMoscow, eNovosibirsk, eSt. Petersburg naseYekaterinburg, kanti iningi labagibeli bethu lisizakala ngokuxhuma ezikhungweni zase-Astana nase-Almaty ukuya ezindaweni ezise-Asia, Caucasus, Central Asia kanye naseGulf.”
Kusukela ngo-2012, i-Air Astana ithuthe abagibeli abacishe babe yizigidi ezi-4.5 kanye namathani angama-24,000 wezimpahla ezinkonzo eRussia, ngemali engenayo engamakhilomitha angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-13. Phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-2018, isici somthwalo wabagibeli ezinsizeni zaseRussia sasicishe sibe ngama-70%.
