Kazakhstan to Launch Flights from Shymkent to Jeddah

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

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. 


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