Gallery: Exclusive photos of Air Astana's E190 E2 in 'snow leopard' livery
December 17, 2018
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The Snow Leopard livery aims to bring global awareness of the endangered species, with only around 200 left in Kazakhstan.
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Powered by the distinctive Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, Air Astana also became the first airline in the world to have two variants of the GTF engines in its fleet.
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The new Embraer E-Jet seats 96 in economy, eight more than the legacy E190, thanks to the new slimline seats supplied by Zodiac US.
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There are 16 seats in business class, with around 31-in. pitch. Although there are no seatback screens across the aircraft, wireless inflight entertainment is provided by Bluebox Aviation Systems.
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A relatively spacious rear bulkhead lavatory, with another situated at the front of the aircraft.
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Air Astana will receive two more E190 E2s in 2019 and the last two in 2020.
Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana officially unveiled its first of five leased Embraer E190-E2s from Netherlands-based AerCap signed in 2017, making Air Astana the first operator of the type in Central Asia. ATW correspondent Chen Chuanren brings you exclusive photos of the event.
