Kazakhstan to Launch Flights from Shymkent to Jeddah

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana plans to launch direct flights between Shymkent and Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Sept. 10.

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. 

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