Direct flight on rout Tehran - Almaty - Tehran opened in Almaty
10:20, 17 June 2010
ASTANA. June 17. KAZINFORM Opening ceremony of the first direct flight of Iranian Air Company "Mahan Air" on rout Tehran - Almaty - Tehran was held in Almaty on June 16, the Kazakh Ministry of Transport and Communications reports.
The Company plans to carry out the flight on Airbus-310 airliner three times a week - on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
The first flight #5027 departed from the airport of Tehran at 1 pm and laded in the international airport of Almaty at 6 pm local time.
Representatives of the civil aviation authorities, mass media of Kazakhstan and Iran took part in the opening ceremony.