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AnadoluJet, a brand of Turkish Airlines (THY), made its first
direct flight from Ankara's Esenboga Airport to the Kazakh capital
of Astana.
AnadoluJet's B-737 plane carrying 140 passengers on its first
flight on the Ankara-Astana route landed at the Nursultan
Nazarbayev International Airport at 0715 local time.
The ceremony for the first flight was held at the airport, and
attendees included the ambassador of Turkiye to Astana, Ufuk Ekici,
the AnadoluJet marketing sales manager, Ahmet Yildiz, Kazakhstan's
chairman of the civil aviation committee Talgat Lastayev, and the
head of the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Daulet
Hamzin, as well as other officials and media.
The official part was followed by a spectacular concert of
Kazakh folk music. Ribbon and cake were also cut to mark the start
of the first flight.
In his statement after the ceremony, Ahmet Yıldız said direct
flights along the route will strengthen Turkish-Kazakh relations
both economically and culturally, adding that 140 passengers flew
in the first flight.
'We have 160 passengers on the way back. We are actually
building an aerial bridge. The easier the bridges are, the more
people can go back and forth. Today, we built our bridge between
Ankara and Astana. This bridge will always remain and people will
travel using it. This is really something to be proud of. It's
especially nice that it's the capital city,' Yildiz said.
AnadoluJet will operate twice a week on the Ankara-Astana route
in the first phase.
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