An Airbus A320 airliner operated by Air Astana landed at the Boryspil airport at 09:33 on June 1, marking the resumption of flights on the Astana-Kyiv route after a three-year break.

Air Astana will operate direct flights from Astana to the Boryspil airport five times a week, using Airbus A320 and Embraer 190 aircraft. The flights will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

The travel time from Astana to Kyiv will be 4 hours 25 minutes and the travel time from Kyiv to Astana 3 hours 54 minutes.

Air Astana operated Astana-Kyiv flights from April 2013 to July 2014. The airline also operates daily flights between Kyiv and Almaty.