BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 5
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
FlyArystan, Kazakhstan’s low-cost airline, is launching flights on international route from Turkey’s Istanbul to Turkistan city, Trend reports citing the company.
Regular flights to the spiritual capital of Kazakhstan from Istanbul will commence on March 21, 2021. Flights will operate 2 times a week on Fridays and Sundays.
The company also said that the gradual reopening of borders means that FlyArystan will be able to expand our low-fare reach to international routes and encourage even more people to fly for a low price.
FlyArystan is the first airline to fly to Turkistan and currently it operates regular flights from Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Atyrau. This new route complements the airlines existing domestic network of 19 domestic routes – allowing travelers to fly throughout Kazakhstan at very low fares.
FlyArystan is Kazakhstan’s only Low Cost Carrier (LCC) and the first LCC based in Eurasia. FlyArystan operated its first flight in May 2019 and today has 7 Airbus A320 aircraft operating over 50 daily flights across Kazakhstan. FlyArystan is a division of Air Astana.
On Oct.19, 2020, Kazakhstan’s government decided to take several measures to battle the spread of coronavirus infection in the country.
Thus, the number of flights on international routes will be reduced starting Oct. 26, 2020, taking into account the epidemiological situation in foreign countries. Mandatory PCR testing of all arriving in Kazakhstan (including citizens of Kazakhstan), as well as drivers carrying out bilateral international transportation, will be conducted.
The validity period of the carried out PCR test for those arriving from abroad, including citizens of Kazakhstan, should be no more than 3 days.
The first two cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Kazakhstan among those who arrived in Almaty city from Germany on March 13, 2020.
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