en.Wedoany.com Reported - In the early hours of June 3, as flight KC8217 landed smoothly at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, the Baiyun Airport port added the first direct flight route between Guangzhou and Astana. This is also the first direct flight route connecting a core city in the Greater Bay Area with the capital of Kazakhstan, enhancing the China-Central Asia air traffic network and effectively serving the country's high-level opening-up and regional connectivity.

The route departs from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport every Wednesday and Friday, arriving at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana. The return flights depart from Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana every Tuesday and Thursday, arriving at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport the following day. Two round-trip flights are operated per week.

According to statistics from the Baiyun Border Inspection Station, with the continued release of the benefits of the mutual visa exemption policies between China and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other countries, personnel exchanges between China and related nations have been growing steadily. As of June 2, the number of inbound and outbound passengers from the five Central Asian countries through the Baiyun Airport port this year has exceeded 90,000, a significant year-on-year increase of 286.6%. Among them, the growth in passengers from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan has been particularly notable, with increases of 258.4%, 351.9%, and 660.6%, respectively; the number of passengers from other countries in the region traveling to China via Guangzhou is also rising.

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