News about transport

Transport communication to be launched between Kazakhstan and Lithuania Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said so at the meeting with Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana discussing transport communications between the countries.

06 October 2011 14:20

Kazakhstan’s airlines to launch new flights to major destinations: Transport Minister The Ministry is working to accommodate international flights of foreign airlines.

28 September 2011 23:18

Kazakhstan seeks greater role in freights operations from and to China Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and New Technology Asset Issekeshev: with the new railway to Turkmenistan, an extended sea port and the West China – West Europe motor corridor in place, Mangistau oblast will be a notable transport hub.

17 September 2011 19:22

Every fifth respondent deems the work of Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport and Communications bureaucratized Over half of respondents (63.9 percent), are not very impressed with the quality of Transport Ministry's work.

15 September 2011 10:27

Air fares too high for over half of Kazakhstan residents The Institute of Political Solutions made a poll on the cost of transportation in Kazakhstan.

13 September 2011 13:00

Kazakhstan’s Transport Minister announces deadline for West Europe – West China motor corridor project 2 787 km of the West Europe – West China transport corridor will run across Kazakhstan, notably across Aktyubinsk, Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl and Almaty oblasts.

07 September 2011 10:50

Yessimov called managers of taxi companies to switch to gas Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov called managers of taxi companies to switch cars to gas.

17 August 2011 18:55

Kazakhstan only second to Moldova in CIS in terms of H1 2011 freights transportation growth H1 2011 growth of freights transportation in the entire CIS as compared to the like period of 2010 stands at 11.5%.

05 August 2011 02:00

Almaty to spend $36 million on trolleys in 2011 Almaty administration is planning to buy trolleys for $36 million by the end of 2011.

14 July 2011 19:09

8 500-km-long motor road corridor to link Russia to China across Kazakhstan to be completed in 2018 The new route will play a major role to boost integration of the SCO member states: Vice Minister of Transport Andrey Nedossekov of Russia.

07 July 2011 16:53

Construction of light rail tramway line started in Astana The first line of light rail transport will be launched in 2014 and connect the airport with railroad station.

04 July 2011 17:04

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