Chinese airlines increase flights to Kazakhstan

Acting Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan Timur Tlegenov met with representatives of the Chinese airlines Air China, China Southern Airlines and Loong Airlines, which operate regular passenger flights to Kazakhstan, Kazinform reports with reference to the press service of the Civil Aviation Committee.

During the meeting, China Southern Airlines announced that from January 23, 2024 it plans to open flights on the new route Almaty - Beijing with a frequency of 3 flights per week.

At the same time, if demand increases, China Southern Airlines is ready to consider increasing the number of flights on existing routes from Almaty to the cities of Urumqi and Xi’an, as well as from Astana to Urumqi from the spring-summer season of 2024.

In turn, Loong Airlines plans to increase the number of flights on the Almaty – Hangzhou route from 3 to 4 per week in December this year. If passenger traffic increases next year, the airline plans to increase the number of flights to 7 per week.

The airline is also studying the issue of opening flights on the air routes Astana - Hangzhou, Astana - Chengdu and Almaty - Chengdu in 2024.

In addition, Air China reported that it is considering increasing the number of flights operated from 2 to 3 per week on the route Astana - Xi'an - Beijing. At the same time, the airline will also consider the issue of operating a third flight per week directly between the two capitals without landing in Xi'an.

In general, during the spring-summer navigation period of 2024, it is expected that the number of flights between countries operated by Chinese airlines will increase to 30 flights per week on existing and new air routes.

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