Almaty-Astana is the most popular air route in Kazakhstan

This year, positive growth rates are maintained in the civil aviation industry of Kazakhstan. So, for the 8 months of 2018, local airports served 9.2 million people (forecast data), which is 10% more than in the same period of 2017 (8.4 million people).

For the first 8 months of 2018, the growth in air passengers carried was 15% or 5.5 million people (8 months).2017 - 4.8 million people.)

Currently, there are 7 Kazakh airlines operating in the domestic air transport market of the Republic of Kazakhstan: air Astana, SCAT, Bek air, Qazaq Air, Zhezkazgan air, ZHETISU, and southern sky.

The most popular route in the domestic market is Almaty-Astana-Almaty. This route is operated by 4 airlines (air Astana, SCAT, BEC air, Qazaq Air) with a frequency of 274 flights per week in both directions. On average, you can fly from Astana to Almaty and back on 19 flights a day.

The second most popular route is Almaty – Shymkent – Almaty, which operates 62 flights a week in both directions by 4 airlines ("air Astana", "SCAT", "BEC air", "Qazaq Air").

The third place is taken by the route Astana-Shymkent-Astana, which operates 60 flights a week in both directions by 3 airlines ("air Astana", "SCAT", "BEC air").

There are 25 foreign and 2 Kazakh airlines operating in the international passenger air transport market of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The most popular route on the international route is Almaty-Moscow-Almaty, where 2 airlines (air Astana, Aeroflot) operate 60 flights a week in both directions.

The second most popular route is Astana – Moscow – Astana, which operates 48 flights a week in both directions by 2 airlines (air Astana, Aeroflot).

In third place is the route Almaty-Istanbul-Almaty, which operates 34 flights a week in both directions by 2 airlines ("air Astana", "Turkish Airlines").