Etihad Airways to launch flights to Kazakhstan
By Freesun News at 23 September, 2008, 6:13 pm
Etihad Airways will launch flights on 2 December to Almaty in Kazakhstan
from its Abu Dhabi home base.
Kazakhstan¹s largest city, with a population of 1.2 million people, will be
served non-stop, four times a week from Abu Dhabi with the airline, using an
Airbus A319 aircraft.
Flight EY296 will depart Abu Dhabi on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays at 10.20am and arrive in Almaty at 4.35pm the same day. Return
flight EY297 will depart Almaty on the same days at 5.35pm, arriving in Abu
Dhabi at 8.30pm.
The announcement follows a visit last week to Kazakhstan by His Highness
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates
and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation between the
two nations.
Since gaining independence in October 1990, Kazakhstan has benefited from
major foreign investment, particularly in the oil and gas sector which has
brought rapid economic growth to the country.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways¹ chief executive, said: ³With its vast oil and
gas fields, Kazakhstan is sitting on some of the richest mineral resources
in the world. Despite its enormous economic potential, this is a market
however which at present is under-served in terms of air links. Foreign
companies are investing heavily in Kazakhstan and we anticipate substantial
demand for our flights, not just between Almaty and Abu Dhabi but also
onward onto the rest of our network. As two major oil-producing countries,
strong links already exist between the UAE and Kazakhstan, which Etihad is
very keen to develop further.²
Kazakhstan is already among the world’s top 20 oil producers and expects to
be one the world’s top oil exporters in the next decade or two, as foreign
investment in new pipelines continues.
Kazakhstan is expected to pump more than 3.5 million barrels of oil a day in
the coming decade. It also has ambitions to pump up to 45 billion cubic
metres of natural gas a year by 2015.
Almaty will be Etihad¹s ninth destination in its rapidly expanding flight
network in the Asia-Pacific region which already includes services to
Brisbane, Sydney, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok and
Beijing.
Etihad will operate a two-class Airbus A319 configured to carry 104
passengers with 20 seats in business class and 84 in economy class.
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