The beekeepers of the North Kazakhstan region intend to collect 1,000 tons of honey this year, Head of the Association of Beekeepers Oleg Gavrilov told governor Kumar Aksakalov. “In view of the number of bee packages delivered, this year we can collect 1 thousand tons of honey. Last year we collected approximately 300 tons of…
The passenger traffic at the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport hit 2,045,154 passengers in January-June, up by 17% YoY, the company’s press service reports. In the past six months it also increased internal passenger flow by 12%, the airport served 1,346,578 people at large. During the period under consideration, the international airport received 798,576 of international…
Kazakhstan has started supplying flour to Afghanistan through the new railway route, the press service of Kazakhstan Railways JSC reported. A flour-laden train has been sent from Kostanay station to Afghanistan, and the train will pass through the territory of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, according to the report. The length of the Kostanay-Bolashak-Serhetabad (Turkmenistan) route is…
Finnair air carrier resumes its flights to Astana. The flights will be operated from July till September twice a week on Wednesday and Fridays by comfortable Airbus 319. The flight duration is four hours, the press service of the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport JSC said. Last summer Finnair transported more than 3,000 passengers. (Kazinform/Business World…
Uzbek joint-stock commercial bank Asia Alliance Bank together with Kazakhstan’s export insurance company KazakhExport and “Alfa Bank” JSC have successfully executed a deal for a total of $1.5 million. The main objectives of the bank’s foreign economic activity are to attract resources of the world financial institutions for financing the sectors of the economy of…
The projects being realized in Akmola region will let in years to come to scale up massively development of alternative energy sources, the regional communications service of Akmola region internal policy department reports. Development of green projects will raise the renewables share up to 46.2% by 2021 out of the total energy output in Astana…
Air Astana, the award-winning Kazakh flag carrier, celebrated 16 years of successful operation in the Russian market at a press event with Moscow’s leading journalists and bloggers. During the event, Peter Foster, President and CEO of Air Astana, received a gold award to become a “Honorary Member of the World Community for the Lives of…