In Tashkent, on the sidelines of the conference of the working group on cooperation in civil aviation "China – Central Asia" (C5+1), representatives of the aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan held bilateral negotiations. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
The Kazakh delegation was led by Saltanat Tompiyeva, Chair of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport. Dzhamolidin Nazarov, Head of the Air Transport Department of the Ministry of Transport, participated in the negotiations on the Uzbek side.
Increase in the number of flights
Following the negotiations, an agreement was reached to increase the permitted number of flights on each of the Almaty – Tashkent and Astana – Tashkent routes to 60 per week. This was reported by the Ministry of Transport.
In addition, the parties agreed to increase the permitted number of flights on other routes between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from 14 to 20 flights per week.
Growth in passenger traffic
The growth of passenger traffic between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and the revitalization of business and tourist ties contribute to increased demand for air transportation and open up additional opportunities for strengthening transport links between the two countries.
Earlier it was reported that Kazakhstan and Pakistan intend to restore direct air service.