Investing in the Airport Will Be Continued

During the year 2003 the management of the Almaty international airport intends to invest $8 million in infrastructure development of the largest regional transport hub.

Serious attention will be paid to servicing the foreign cargo transit flights. As Alexander Gordeyev, Vice-President of the Airport has informed, currently the Almaty air harbor is able to receive all models of airplanes operating in the world. The airport acquired a full complex of equipment for working with all airplanes - about 400 technical units. It was demonstrated to journalists. During past winter not a single airplane arriving to Almaty was rerouted to back-up aerodromes due to unfavorable weather conditions thanks to this equipment. Transit cargo liners of two of the largest air companies - Israeli El Al and Dutch KLM started regular flights to the southern capital of Kazakhstan. “Volga - Dnepr” and “Antonov” air companies operate charter flights.

It is expected that the new passenger terminal will be put into operation in August of 2003.