Kazakhstan and China agreed to raise their weekly ceiling from 150 to 180 and plan to add Chengdu and Kashgar to their route network; Uzbekistan and China also agreed to raise their ceiling from 100 to 114.
Kazakhstan and China agreed to raise their permitted weekly flight ceiling from 150 to 180 and plan to add the Chinese cities of Chengdu and Kashgar to their route network. The higher ceiling gives airlines permission to operate more flights; it does not establish a schedule for new services.
Uzbekistan and China separately agreed to raise their ceiling for regular flights from 100 to 114 a week.
The agreements followed bilateral talks during a civil aviation working-group meeting in Tashkent on 3–5 November, where Chinese and Central Asian officials discussed improving implementation of existing agreements and reviewed expansion plans. Eurasianet covered the agreements, while Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee and Transport Ministry press service supplied details of the Kazakhstan deal.
Kazakhstan and China reached their agreement on 4 November. Uzbekistan’s Transport Ministry announced its country’s agreement on 9 November; documents formalizing the agreements were signed.
The effective dates and airline allocations have not been announced. Kazakhstan has also not announced which of its airports would serve Chengdu and Kashgar, or the airlines and start dates for those routes.
The agreement raises the permitted number of regular passenger flights from 100 a week, giving airlines room to add services without guaranteeing that they will do so.
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Under the agreement, announced by Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry on 5 November, the weekly limit on other bilateral routes would rise from 14 to 20, allowing airlines to schedule more flights.
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