Kazakhstan inaugural flight lands at Klia

Passengers on the eight hour flight from Almaty include Kazakhstan Civil Aviation deputy chairman Talgat Lastaev and Air Astana marketing and sales vice president Ibrahim Canliel.

Kuala Lumpur is Air Astana's sixth Asian destination after Bangkok, Beijing, New Delhi, Seoul and Urumqi (Xianjiang, China).

Almaty-Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur-Almaty services operate every Saturday with tickets starting from RM2,600 including tax for economy class and RM6,100 including tax for business class.

Tourism Malaysia Deputy Director-General (Planning) Azizan Noordin said tourist arrivals from Kazakhstan rose 25.1 percent or 5,337 for the first nine months of the year, compared to 4,774 over the corresponding period last year,  Kazinform refers to Bernama.

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