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Kazakhstan eyes restoration of int'l flights

Transport Materials 31 May 2020 13:42 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan eyes restoration of int'l flights

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 31

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

Kazakhstan is planning on resuming international flights in two stages, Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee Talgat Lastayev said, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s official website on coronavirus data.

Lastayev added that within the first stage of flights restoration, the country will resume flights with countries such as South Korea, China and Azerbaijan.

Within the framework of second stag, it is planned to restart flights with Germany, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and Czech Republic.

In March 2020, in order to prevent coronavirus spread in Kazakhstan, the number of flights was reduced by 438 flights per week on international destinations on 97 routes, which makes up 99 percent of all international flights implemented.

Additionally, all domestic flights have been cancelled and no regular air services operated in the country over April 2020.

The first two cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kazakhstan among those who arrived in Almaty city from Germany on March 13, 2020.

The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed in Kazakhstan since the virus was first confirmed in the country amounted to 10,858 cases. This includes 5,220 people who recovered from the coronavirus, and 38 patients who passed away.

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