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SCAT, Boeing Break Ground on Central Asia’s Largest Aircraft Maintenance Hub in Shymkent

By Assel Satubaldina on 28 February 2026

ASTANA – SCAT Airlines and Boeing kicked off the construction of what is expected to become Central Asia’s largest aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan on Feb. 27, a project aimed at expanding the nation’s aviation infrastructure and servicing capacity. “The initiative to...