Airfares in Kazakhstan increase by 17%

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - According to energyprom.kz, air travel increased by 18.8% as of the end of December 2022.

The West Kazakhstan region saw a 67% increase in airfares, followed by the Abai region at 57.3% and the Kostanay region at 43.2%.

The cost of airline tickets decreased in the Almaty and Ulytau regions by 20.8% and 3.9%, respectively.

Airline firms transported 11 million passengers in the months of January through December, a 16.5% increase over 2021. 7.4 million people traveled through Almaty, 3 million through Shymkent, and 562,500 through Astana.

The passenger turnover increased by 35.7% from 2021 to 20.1 billion passengers/km.

Source: kazinform