Central Asia & South Caucasus commercial aviation weekly highlights
October 12 – 18, 2026
19 October 2026
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- Kazakhstan airlines’ passenger traffic up 4.1% YoY. 12.38 million passengers carried from January through September – Bureau of National Stats.
- Kazakhstan air transport’s freight down 6.5% YoY. 20,000 tons of cargo were carried by in the first nine months.
- Azerbaijan Airlines reports strong growth in Q1–Q3. Azerbaijani national carrier transported 3.3 million passengers.
- Specialist with international experience to lead Armenian civil aviation. Gevorg Torosyan to head the sector, which remains on the EU air safety list.
- LCC FlyArystan to expand international network from Aktau to seven routes
- Kazakhstan’s budget carrier’s international routes from this regional hub will outnumber its domestic destinations.
- flydubai cargo launches freighter service between Dubai and Almaty. The weekly Boeing 737-800F operations are conducted by Dubai-based SolitAir.
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