Kazakhstan Continues to Increase International Air Travel, Resumes Railway Service with Neighboring Countries

NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan is steadily resuming air journey and raising flights to international nations because of to a impressive advancement in the epidemiological circumstance and the easing of quarantine restrictions, documented the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee on its Telegram channel on Might 12. 

Air Astana national provider. Picture credit rating: flylowcost.com

The Ministry of Field and Infrastructure Improvement a short while ago declared that flights to European Union international locations will be improved shortly. In the light of this assertion, Air Astana, the countrywide provider, elevated the variety of flights on the Nur-Sultan-Frankfurt route from five to 6 flights on May possibly 15, while an increase from 6 to 7 flights for each 7 days is anticipated starting off June 1, according to the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee.

In addition to this, Germany’s Lufthansa airline is expected to increase normal flights on the route Frankfurt-Nur-Sultan/Almaty from 4 to five flights per week starting on June 2 and up to seven flights on А330/А340 plane from July 4.

Total, the total amount of flights amongst Kazakhstan and Germany will achieve 15 flights for every week, including the Uralsk-Frankfurt route, in early July. 

Following the Could 10 meeting among the leaders of Turkey and Kazakhstan in Ankara, flights concerning the two international locations are expected to double. From May well 13, 124 flights for every week are anticipated, stated Kazakh Minister of Market and Infrastructural Enhancement Kairbek Uskenbayev.

It was also reported that Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan agreed to increase air journey and open new routes in between the countries as a element of the ninth conference between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Ministers of Transport in Khiva on Might 12. 

Aside from air vacation, the nation seeks to reinforce financial, cultural, and tourist ties with overseas nations via the railway company. 

On May possibly 12, Kazakhstan’s Temir Zholy (KTZ) national railway firm described that it was resuming passenger website traffic with Uzbekistan, which was suspended two years ago because of to the outbreak of COVID-19. The passenger educate №647/648 started out to function on the Nukus – Beineu – Nukus route a few periods a week on Could 15, when Talgo №1/2 started to have travellers on the route Almaty-Tashkent three times a 7 days on May well 16.

Previously on April 18, KTZ claimed that the passenger prepare №625/626 began to operate in between Atyrau and Russia’s Astrakhan on April 20.