Sunday November 1, 2009
Direct flight between KL and Almaty launched
Weekly KL-Almaty direct flight to boost tourism
SEPANG: Malaysians planning to holiday in Central Asia now have an additional reason to fly there – a once weekly direct flight between Kuala Lumpur and Almaty in Kazakhstan has been launched.
There was previously only the KL-Tashkent direct air link to Central Asia.
The inaugural Air Astana direct flight from Almaty touched down at the KL International Airport yesterday afternoon with 195 passengers on board.
New destination: Passengers from Kazakhstan being welcomed at KLIA on Air Astana’s inaugural flight from Almaty to Kuala Lumpur Saturday. Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general Azizan Noordin, who welcomed the passengers, said Malaysia had been looking forward to tapping the Central Asian tourism market for some time.
He said there was already a steady increase in tourist arrivals from Kazakhstan with the figures for January to September this year showing an increase of 25.1% compared to the same period last year.
“We see a huge potential,” he said. “We already have a tourism counter in Almaty.”
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