SCAT Airlines (DV, Shimkent) will offer a new twice-weekly Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi service onboard an B757-200 effective December 29, 2013. The service marks the Kazakh carrier's first non-CIS bound route. Aside from an extensive local Kazakh network, Scat also offers flights to Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia. The Bangkok flights will actually be operated by its Sunday Airlines (Shimkent) leisure division.