Kazakhstan to ban Russian Yak, An series of aircraft from 2010
14 AUGUST 2009
Kazakhstan will stop using Russian-made Yak and An series of planes from 2010 as part of the country's efforts to improve aircraft standards, a government official said Friday.
Kazakh Vice Minister of Transport and Communications Erkyn Duysembaev said 85 percent of the country's current passenger aircraft and transport aircraft were produced by Boeing and Airbus, local newspaper Kazakhstan Pravda reported.
He said the government had made great efforts in upgrading the country's planes, adding that one of his ministry's priorities in the future would be airport maintenance.
Due to plane safety issues, the only airline in Kazakhstan that operated flights to EU countries was Air Astana, local media reported.
Source: Xinhua
14 AUGUST 2009
Kazakhstan will stop using Russian-made Yak and An series of planes from 2010 as part of the country's efforts to improve aircraft standards, a government official said Friday.
Kazakh Vice Minister of Transport and Communications Erkyn Duysembaev said 85 percent of the country's current passenger aircraft and transport aircraft were produced by Boeing and Airbus, local newspaper Kazakhstan Pravda reported.
He said the government had made great efforts in upgrading the country's planes, adding that one of his ministry's priorities in the future would be airport maintenance.
Due to plane safety issues, the only airline in Kazakhstan that operated flights to EU countries was Air Astana, local media reported.
Source: Xinhua
