Flights from and to the region surge as airlines that previously flew over the country are now passing through central Asia
London/Moscow — Central Asian airlines are seizing opportunities from Russia’s closed airspace, with airline traffic into the region booming in the year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, executives and analysts said.
Kazakhstan’s Aviation Administration says passengers are up 16.5% year on year, while Kazakhstan’s Air Astana announced 2022 as its best year yet with after-tax profit at $78.4m. Aeroflot had been trying to become a major transit line between European capitals and Asian countries via Moscow, including Thailand, China and Japan, since the mid-2010s with competitors such as British Airways, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Emirates.It carried 3.6-million people on Europe-Asia routes in 2016 and had planned further expansion.“The Russian airlines themselves are severely constrained in what they can do because of equipment shortages.
“The growth is not as significant as it could have been because Covid-19 restrictions in China were in force during 2022. It will grow since the restrictions are lifted,” one Russian airline’s industry source said.
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