Air Astana, the flag carrier of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is to launch new routes from Almaty, Astana and Aktau to destinations in Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey between now and December.
The new services from Almaty include St Petersberg in Russia (twice weekly from 02 December), Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan (three times weekly from 21 November) and Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan (three times weekly from 02 December).
Twice-weekly services from Astana, capital of Kazakhstan to Yekaterinburg in southern Russia will commence on 08 December. A new once-a-week service from Aktau in western Kazakhstan to Istanbul will commence on 28 November.
The three new services from Almaty represent another significant step in developing the city as a major regional hub. Existing regional services already operate from Almaty to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan; Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan; Novosibirsk in southern Russia and Urumqui in western China.
The carrier also will lease three new generation Embraer E-190 planes with the first scheduled for delivery early in 2011. A320 aircraft will operate these services in the interim.
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