(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, September 7. Kazakhstan's
Air Astana launched flights on the route Almaty - Tel Aviv on
September 7, Trend reports.
Flights will be operated twice a week (Thursday and Sunday) via
Air321 aircraft.
The opening of air communication between Kazakhstan and Israel
will accelerate the development of trade, economic, investment,
tourism and cultural cooperation between the countries.
The Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport of the
Republic of Kazakhstan is working to expand the geography of
flights and increase the number of international flights on an
ongoing basis.
Air Astana President Peter Foster said at a meeting with Kazakh
Minister of Transport Marat Karabayev on September 6 that the
airline will launch flights to Tokyo, Singapore and New York.
Thus, flights to Tokyo and Singapore are planned to be launched
in 2024, and to New York - in 2025.
Meanwhile, Air Astana received aprofit of 10.5 billion
tenge (about $22.7 million) from January through June 2023.
The airline's profit for the same period in 2022 amounted to
4.95 billion tenge (about $10.67). Thus, the company'sprofit
in the reporting period increased by 2.1 times.
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