Foreign low-cost airlines eye Kazakhstan’s market

South Korea’s Eastar Jet and T’way, India’s SpiceJet and Thailand’s Thai AirAsia X are entering Kazakhstan’s market. In 2025, more than 20 new flights are scheduled to launch, according to Informburo.kz, which cites Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee (CAC).

The four low-cost carriers plan to serve 22 routes with reasonable ticket prices expected, according to Saltanat Tompiyeva, chair of the CAC.

«Speaking of the start of flights, the airlines have already applied their schedules, and we have approved them. We expect them to start this spring and summer,» Tompiyeva said.

Thai AirAsia X will operate flights from Thailand to Kazakhstan; South Korea’s T’way and Eastar Jet will operate flights from Seoul to Almaty and Astana, as well as from Busan to Almaty. India’s SpiceJet will operate flights from Delhi to Almaty.

In February 2024, Kazakhstan and South Korea agreed to expand the number of flights between the two countries and establish new flight destinations