Central Asia
Kazakhstan to Launch Flights from Shymkent to Jeddah
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ASTANA—Kazakhstan’s Air Astana plans to launch direct flights between Shymkent and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Sept. 10.
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Air Astana aircraft. Photo credit: Air Astana
The flights will be operated twice a week on Airbus A320 aircraft. The starting fare for a return ticket is nearly 384,600 tenge (US$813).
The flight duration is five hours and 35 minutes. Flights to Jeddah are also operated from Almaty.
Air Astana also recently resumed a direct flight between Astana and Seoul.