VVD Kazachstan was founded as the first subsidiary of VVD Group on January 25th 2017.
26/01/2017 - first flights from Almaty and Astana with in total 7 airplanes
04/02/2017 - Joined alliance 'Dream Nations'
11/02/2017 - Succesfull IPO
04/03/2017 - Country market number 3: Kyrgyzstan
07/03/2017 - Passenger 100.000
26/03/2017 - Start of regional flights in Western Kazachstan
26/03/2017 - Country market number 4: Iran. Aktau linked to Tehran
31/03/2017 - Passenger 200.000
02/04/2017 - Country market number 5: China
04/04/2017 - Country market number 6: Turkmenistan. Aktau linked to Ashgabat
07/04/2017 - First Cargo activities: Almaty - DME and Almaty - Khabarovsk
17/04/2017 - Passenger 300.000
03/05/2017 - Passenger 400.000
10/05/2017 - Country market 7: Georgia
12/05/2017 - Country market 8: Azerbaijan
16/05/2017 - Passenger 500.000
03/06/2017 - Country market number 9: Ukraine
05/06/2017 - Country market number 10: Tadjikistan
05/06/2017 - Biggest airline at main hub Almaty
08/06/2017 - Started cooperation with Almaty Airport Group for passenger handling. First flights moved from Almaty T1 to T2.
09/06/2017 - Passenger 750.000
09/06/2017 - Added Airplane number 50 to the fleet, fleet consist of Antonov and Tupolev planes
10/06/2017 - Biggest fleet in Kazachstan
13/06/2017 - Country market number 11: Thailand
14/06/2017 - Country market number 12: Mongolia
16/06/2017 - Opening of Base number 2: Astana
18/06/2017 - Biggest Airline in Kazachstan (most passengers transported)
27/06/2017 - Passenger 1.000.000
28/06/2017 - Country market number 13: Cambodja
07/07/2017 - First Airbus A380 added to the fleet.
10/07/2017 - First A380 flights, introducing the VVD First Class Product on flights to Moscow and Khabarovsk.
28/12/2017 - Start of replacement for the oldest Tupolev aircraft. Airbus A321 neo is introduced in the fleet.
16/02/2018 - A380 leaves fleet as it was too big and old. Both airplanes have been replaced by A321 neo's.
26/02/2018 - Over 1000 weekly flights from Almaty
01/09/2018 - After 9 months of replacing Tupolev aircraft the transition is completed. Boeing 787 is introduced for the high density flights.
27/12/2018 - Joined Emerald Alliance
05/09/2019 - VVD Kazachstan ordered airplane number 100
13/02/2020 - Anouncement of goals: 20% of the fleet is owned, the aim is to double this at least by the end of 2020. For 2025 the goal is to own all our airplanes.
01/01/2021 - The aimed 40% of fleet owning has been missed by a few % because of COVID 19. However, this goal will be achieved shortly. Therefore the vision 2025 can still be achieved.
04/02/2021 - The board of directors of VVD Group has decided to integrate VVD Cargo into VVD Kazachstan.
12/02/2021 - Anouncement of goals: In line with our vision 2025, the goal is to own 60% of our aircraft by the end of 2021. We would also like to enter the top 50 of cargo airlines (at this moment nr 145).
01/01/2022 - Because of the COVID 19 situation both of the goals for 2021 have not been met (only 50% of the aircraft are owned and we are only at place 72 of cargo airlines in the world).
03/02/2022 - Anouncement of goals: the goal is to own 75% of our aircraft by the end of 2022. We would also like to enter the top 40 of cargo airlines.
20/01/2023 - During the course of 2022, 1 goal has been met, VVD Kazakhstan owns more than 75% of the aircraft. With regards to our cargo ambitions, we only managed to be at place 52. As these are challenging times, for 2023 there is no specific ambition for our cargo airline. The ambition in line with vision 2025 is to own 90% of our aurcraft.