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FEATURE kAzAkhsTAn inFRAsTRUcTURE
Plans are in
place to build a new
terminal capable
of handling 2,500
passengers per hour,
that will provide some
relief, but we need
to think strategically
and beyond that to
ensure the economic
opportunities are
not artificially
constrained by a lack
of infrastructure
– Tony Tyler, Director
General and CEO of IATA
(AOCs) and certificates of airworthiness compliance in certification requirements
[in Kazakhstan]”. The ICAO also found “as well as violations affecting the
that the Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) flight safety and shortcomings in flight
was lacking in qualified and trained organisation,” according to the Ministry of
inspectorate staff. As such, one of ICAO’s Transport and Communications.
recommendations was that “Kazakhstan Beken Seidakhmetov, Chairman of the
implement measures necessary to CAC, Kazakh Ministry of Transport and
enhance the ability of its civil aviation Communications said, “We have signed an
authority to recruit and retain qualified agreement with the engineering office of
and experienced inspectorate staff.” the ICAO on technical aid to the aviation
Plans are on hand to get the house administration. In the near future, they will
in order. Vice-Minister of Transport and send us specialists, who will be providing
Communications Azat Bekturov explained us aid, training and giving advises over the
that to ensure flight safety, operation of course of one year.”
TOP: Almaty International aircraft that do not meet ICAO standards Meanwhile, as plans move to improve
Airport is the country’s largest
international airport, and will be prohibited starting November 1, infrastructure, Air Astana will soon take
accounts for around half of its 2012. This will result in the grounding of delivery of six Airbus A320s and two
passenger traffic over 20 AN-24s and Yakov-40 Soviet era Embraer 190s. (At press time, at least
ABOVE: Air Astana has ordered aircraft. Kazakhstan airlines own 112 two Airbus A321s had already been
several 787s and 767s from aircraft, including 60 Western-made and 52 delivered.) Services to Hong Kong have
Boeing to service new routes to Soviet-made planes. One carrier, Phoenix been launched, in addition to a new route
European countries Air, was suspended by the CAC for non- to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.
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