SCAT Airlines (DV, Shymkent) has signed an agreement with US lessor AIP Capital for two B737-8s, doubling the number of the variant that the carrier is awaiting delivery for.
The two Boeing narrowbodies are due to join the airline in November 2027, news provider CentralAsia+Aero reported, citing the carrier’s technical director Dmitry Denisov.
The deal, signed at the Farnborough Airshow in July, marks an incremental order for the seven of the variant that the airline first ordered in 2023. It had been expecting to take delivery of two -8s and two B737-9s in 2027, the report added.
As ch-aviation previously reported, SCAT placed a new order with Boeing for five B737-9s in April 2026, boosting the number of planned -9s in the fleet to a total of 15.
According to ch-aviation data, the Kazakh carrier’s fleet currently comprises 35 aircraft, namely one B737-300, three B737-500s, one B737-700, nine B737-8s, eight B737-800s, five B737-9s, three B757-200s, one B767-300ER, and four CRJ200s.
It said in November 2025 that it was also considering adding either B777 or B787 aircraft to its fleet for deliveries after 2030. The company also confirmed last month it had signed a deal with Boeing to add a single B767-300ER(BCF), its first dedicated freighter.