18.05.2021, 14:42 26146
Kazakhstan operates flights to 13 countries as of May 18
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In international directions there are regular flights to 13 countries on 40 routes with a frequency of 117 flights per week:
- Turkey - 12 flights per week;
- UAE - 31 flights per week;
- Uzbekistan - 22 flights per week;
- Russia - 10 flights per week;
- Kyrgyzstan - 7 flights per week;
- Belarus - 4 flights per week;
- Ukraine - 4 flights per week;
- Germany - 9 flights per week;
- Georgia - 9 flights per week;
- Tajikistan - 2 flights per week;
- South Korea - 2 flights per week;
- Egypt - 2 charter flights per week;
- Maldives - 3 flights per week.
Source: Kazpravda.kz
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