flydubai to connect to Almaty and Shymkent
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flydubai’s announced its inaugural flight Almaty International Airport. The flight was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute and received by HE Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Mayor of Almaty, HE Askar Mussinov, deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, HE Suhail Mattar Al Ketbi, UAE ambassador to Kazakhstan, HE Askar Shokybayev, consul general of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Dubai and Northern Emirates, and other senior officials.
On board the flight were director general of Dubai Municipality, Hussain Nasser Lootah, flydubai’s chief executive officer, Ghaith Al Ghaith, and senior vice president commercial (UAE, EU, ME, CIS), Jeyhun Efendi.
Ghaith Al Ghaith said: “The start of direct flights from Dubai to Almaty and Shymkent, provide a convenient link between these economic hubs in the Middle East and Central Asia.”
Kazakhstan and the UAE have both demonstrated impressive growth in various industries, including oil, Islamic finance and construction. With flights from Dubai operating four times a week to Almaty and twice a week to Shymkent, these routes present new opportunities for increasing business, tourism and trade.
The new Almaty route will be serviced with four flights a week. FZ701 departs Dubai International Terminal 2 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and lands at Almaty International Airport in the afternoon. FZ702 departs Almaty International Airport on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and lands at Dubai International Terminal 2 in the evening.
While the Shymkent route will be serviced with two flights a week from 19 September 2014.On Monday, FZ703 departs Dubai International Terminal 2 at 09:10hrs, arriving into Shymkent International Airport at 14:50hrs local time. FZ704 departs Shymkent International Airport at 15:50hrs local time, landing in Dubai International Terminal 2 at 17:50hrs local time. On Friday’s, FZ703 departs Dubai International Terminal 2 at 11:50hrs, arriving into Shymkent International Airport at 17:30hrs local time. FZ704 departs Shymkent International Airport at 18:30hrs local time, landing in Dubai International Terminal 2 at 20:25hrs local time.
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