Air Astana has offered a brief updating on the resumption of flights from Almaty following the days of unrest and violence on the streets of Kazakhstan.
The airline will be gradually restarted from 13 January in addition to fully reestablished flights to/from Nur Sultan.
A limited and revised schedule has been published on its website, along with details of various repatriation flights. Latest updates on our flights (airastana.com)
Passengers with reservations will be contacted by Air Astana, they advise that if your flight is scheduled to depart between now and 19 January 2022, you may either rebook your tickets free of charge for any date until 28 February 2022 or get a full refund.
According to local media, the Kazakhstan authorities have arrested nearly 1700 people in the last 24 hours or so because of the unrest that erupted across the country over the last ten days. This takes the total to around 12,000 detained for alleged involvement.
Heavily armed soldiers lead by Russian forces as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are currently guarding various key sites including airports, military sites, power plants in and around Almaty and other locations around the country.
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