en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 27, the international passenger route from Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, to Aktau, Kazakhstan, was officially launched. This is the first international passenger route directly connecting to Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea coast, operated by Fly Arystan Airlines using A320 aircraft, with one flight each on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and a one-way flight duration of approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes. The opening of this route will fully leverage the unique geographical and resource advantages of Urumqi and Aktau, providing a convenient channel for economic, trade, cultural, and tourism exchanges.
Aktau, located on the northern coast of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan, is a key energy hub and an open port city in western Kazakhstan. The region is rich in natural resources such as oil, gas, and minerals, hosting numerous multinational energy companies, and serves as an important center for energy production, storage, transportation, and trade along the Caspian coast. Additionally, the area boasts unique coastal landscapes and Gobi geological features, with outstanding cultural and tourism resources, making it a regional coastal tourism hub with significant development potential.
The successful launch of the Urumqi-Aktau route marks the accelerated implementation of the "Xinjiang-Kazakhstan Express" series proposed at the Third Urumqi International Aviation Hub Construction Conference. This route fills the gap in air travel between western China and Kazakhstan, improves the comprehensive air connectivity network across the region, further enhances the radiating advantages of Urumqi as an international aviation hub, and establishes a stable aerial bridge for deepening bilateral cooperation in multiple fields.
Currently, Urumqi and Yining in Xinjiang, China, are connected to four cities in Kazakhstan—Almaty, Astana, Shymkent, and Aktau—with a total of six international passenger routes and 42 weekly flights, continuously strengthening the "Xinjiang-Kazakhstan Express" air network.
In the next phase, Xinjiang Airport Group will continue to advance efforts such as increasing the frequency of the "Xinjiang-Kazakhstan Express" and upgrading airport service support, continuously expanding Urumqi's aviation radiating capacity toward Central and West Asia. Leveraging the increasingly comprehensive international route network, it will further deepen trade exchanges, industrial collaboration, and cultural and tourism visits between China and Kazakhstan, promoting substantive and in-depth bilateral cooperation, and providing solid aviation support for the high-quality development of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
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