ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 14. A meeting took place between the Vice Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Talgat Lastayev, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Kazakhstan, Hamza Al-Omari, Trend reports via the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan.
“During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibility of
signing an air service agreement and addressed the issue of
launching direct flights between the two countries,” the statement
said.
Moreover, in the course of the meeting, Al-Omari also pointed out
that Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to begin operating direct
flights to Kazakhstan starting in June 2026, with a frequency of
two flights per week. In turn, the Kazakh side expressed its
readiness to provide the necessary assistance to launch the flights
within the framework of existing agreements.
The two parties also agreed on a timeline for signing an agreement on the mutual recognition of seafarers' diplomas between the countries.
Previously, during the visit of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in February of this year, the Jordanian side had expressed its intention to initiate flights to Kazakhstan.