Air Cargo Summit Kazakhstan 2008

October 24, 2008
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Air Cargo Summit Kazakhstan 2008 was held in Almaty from October 22 to October 24, 2008. The Organizer of the Summit was Almaty International Airport acting with support of Ministry of Transport and Communications and Akimat (City administration) of Almaty.

That annual international cargo event is held for the third time in Kazakhstan which gathers cargo industry leaders from the whole world. Previous Summit showed good result, particularly Almaty International Airport has got a number of new clients:
Turkish Cargo carriers - Turkish Airlines Cargo, ACT Airlines, KUZU, and MNG came in Kazakhstan. Russian Airline Aeroflot-Cargo begins operating of regular flights with periodicity up to 7 times per week by the route Moscow - Almaty – Hong Kong and back, and by the route Seoul - Almaty – Moscow as well, planning further increasing of number of flights up to 12 landings per week.
Many carriers which fly through Almaty Airport significantly extend their presence in the Kazakhstan market. For instance Cargolux increased its cargo flights from 3 to 5 per week, UPS increased its cargo flights from 5 to 6 per week, Lufthansa Cargo increased its flights from 9 to 30 flights per week, and FedEx increased its flights from 10 to 12 per week.

Air Cargo Summit 2008 was opened by Mr. Kubayev M.M., a Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The following international speakers made a speech: Mr. Azer Samedov, IATA (International Air Transport Association) Regional Manager, as well as top managers of FedEх, Czech Airlines Cargo, Etihad Crystal Cargo, Panalpina, Merk Cargo and others. Also there were representatives of logistic companies and of international airports among the Summit participants.  

Within the framework of the Summit Almaty International Airport presented to guests its projects:   

• The second runway;

• Construction of new international passenger terminal; 

• The second stage of multimodal terminal;

• Aviation aircraft technical center;

• New four-star Park Inn hotel.

The Summit participants highly estimated the dynamic rate of development of Almaty International Airport.

As per results of the Summit Almaty airport expects increase in cargo traffic. At present time it is planning to increase KLM Cargo and Cargolux flights.