Air Astana yakazivisa purofiti isina kuongororwa ye2018 yeUS $ 5.3m, inotungamirwa nemari yakakwira uye mutengo wemafuta ejeti. Mari yese yendege yakakwira negumi muzana kusvika US$10 miriyoni. Kugona sezvakayerwa muma ASKs kwakakwira ne840.8% uye nhamba dzese dzevatakuri ne5%, kusvika 3 miriyoni. Nekudaro, bhizinesi rekufambisa kuburikidza nendege Astana neAlmaty hubs rakakwira ne4.3%, uye ikozvino rinomiririra pedyo ne48% yehuwandu hwepasirese traffic. Mari dzekushandisa dzakakwira ne40%, zvichifambiswa zvakanyanya neavhareji yemafuta ejeti akawedzera ne14%.
Vachitaura nezvezvabuda, Peter Foster, Mutungamiriri weAir Astana uye CEO akataura kuti "2018 raive gore rakaoma nekuda kwemutengo wemafuta epamusoro, uye kudzvanywa kwegoho repasi rose uye mugove wemusika wepamba nekuda kwemakwikwi ekuwedzera munzira dzakakosha". Tichitarisira 2019, Foster akacherekedza kudzikiswa kwemutengo wemafuta ne16% kubva pakakwirira muna Chikumi 2018, uye akanongedzerawo kune inotarisirwa kutanga kwaMay kwechikamu chayo chinodhura, FlyArystan. “Ndege ine mutengo wakaderera mukana wakanaka webhizinesi munzira dzemudzimba uye pfupi dzedunhu. Veruzhinji vanofamba vachafadzwa nemitengo yakaderera yatinayo, chero hurumende ichifambisa shanduko yemutemo inodiwa kuti FlyArystan itange ".
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Commenting on the results, Peter Foster, Air Astana President and CEO stated that “2018 was a challenging year to due to higher-priced fuel, and pressure on international yields and domestic market share due to competitive capacity increases on key routes”.
- The travelling public will be delighted by the low fares we have in store, as long as the government facilitates the legislative changes required to enable FlyArystan to launch”.
- Looking forward to 2019, Foster noted a fuel price reduction of 16% from its peak in June 2018, and pointed also to the expected May launch of its low-cost unit, FlyArystan.
