More than two-thirds of Kazakhstanis used air travel services in 2023

Passenger turnover in 2023 stood at 25,898.5 million passenger-km, with each air passenger accounting for 1,947km, the Kazakh transport ministry said, Kazinform News Agency reports.

In 2023, Kazakhstani airlines carried 13.3 million passengers, which is 66.5% of the country’s total population (20 million people). So, more than two-thirds of Kazakhstanis used air travel services through the year, reads a response of the country’s transport ministry to an inquiry by Kazinform News Agency.

The data also reveals that each air passenger covered 1,947 kilometers on average.

Passenger turnover in 2023 stood at 25,898.5 million passenger-km, with each air passenger accounting for 1,947km, said the ministry.

Earlier it was reported that 1.7 million tourists travelled to Almaty in three quarters of last year.