Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia to increase flights 2.5-fold
The new air services agreement calls for 70 flights between the countries per week
The number of allowed regular flights between Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia will increase 2.5-fold, rising from 28 to 70 flights per week. This agreement is codified in a new air services agreement signed by the two countries on August 26 in Riyadh.
The parties also agreed to launch direct scheduled flights between their capitals, Astana and Riyadh, and to expand the number of routes connecting Kazakhstan to other Saudi cities.
In February of this year, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport announced that local low-cost carrier FlyArystan planned to launch flights between Almaty and Riyadh, though the route has not yet been inaugurated.
Currently, Kazakhstani carriers Air Astana and SCAT operate flights to Saudi Arabia—specifically to Jeddah and Medina—from Astana, Almaty, Atyrau, and Shymkent.
In mid-August, Kazakhstan signed a similar bilateral memorandum with Turkey, nearly doubling the number of allowed flights on select routes between the two nations.
