For the first time ever Kazakhstan’s SCAT air carrier plans to launch a new airline route to the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, from Astana city, the company’s Facebook account reads. Astana-Dushanbe-Astana flights will be performed twice a week on Fridays and Sunday by CRJ 200 craft from December 14 this year. (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The number of trains running through Kazakhstan by the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe (Yiwu-Madrid, Yixinou) in 2018 grew by 80%. “More than 90% of Yixinou’s trains, which is the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe, run through Kazakhstan, via Alashankou and Horgos gates. About 10% of Yixinou trains pass through Manzhouli,…
It is planned to construct 30 sports facilities in Zhambyl region within three years. “As of today, for residents of the region to regularly do physical exercises and sports there are 1,605 available sports facilities, including 517 in Taraz and 1,088 in districts,” said governor of Zhambyl region Askar Myrzakhmetov. According to the head of…
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov has announced a forecast of the country’s social and economic development for 2019-2023. “The forecast is based on the statistical reporting data on GDP for 2017, the results of economic sectors in seven months of the current year, and the trends on world commodity markets,” said Timur…
Since October 28 Air Astana has switched over to the winter flight schedule until March 30, 2019, the airline’s press service informed. For the period, Air Astana has reduced the number of flights from Astana to London, Delhi, Omsk, from Almaty to Beijing, and from both cities to Kyiv, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. In the…
The aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Finland have agreed to expand air communication, the press service of the Aviation Committee of the Ministry for Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. During the President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Finland, Astana and Helsinki signed the bilateral document, a memorandum on air communication as part…
Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov noted an increase in exports. “Exports have grown by 28.2% ($39.1 billion). This is due to the increase in deliveries of oil by 45.4%, agricultural products by 30.1%, oil gases by 30.2%, aluminum by 24%, and copper ores by 12.5%,” the minister said at…