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Advantages: Business class quite comfortable, useful network in Kazakhstan, some new planes Disadvantages: Cabin security, most of the crew, economy food, other passengers!
into Air Kazakstan, and later in the year several independent domestic airlines had their licences revoked, giving Air Kazakstan a near monopoly on most of the routes they fly. However this has been challenged recently by a new western-run airline, Air Astana, operating brand new western aircraft. Air Astana are still small but are starting to take over Air Kazakstan?s main routes and are slated to replace them as flag carrier once they have expanded. However for now Air Kazakstan survive, are determinedly talking of new routes and are still the main carrier on most of the routes.
I?ve flown on Air Kazakstan about ten times during 2002 and 2003, on routes from Almaty, on domestic routes, regional routes within the CIS and once to Europe.
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Formerly, as the flag carrier operated all of the main routes to, from and within ...
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Advantages: Efficient port, many utilities Disadvantages: Might be hard to navigate without a vehicle, though there are taxis but road signs are soley writt
Aktau (Also Actau) serves primarily travellers arriving from ferry over the Caspain Sea into Kazahstan. Predominent traffic comes from Baku, Azerbaijan (about one ferry a week) but also ferry links are established with Russia to the north.
As a place it is separated from the rest of Kazakhstan by a large section of desert. Rumour has it that attempting to travel to Aktau to and/or from the south of the country (e.g. Turkmenistan or Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a real problem simply because it is so remote - having said that the bits that I saw were incredibly beautiful - full of folling sand dunes and rockscapes. Aktau is so remote that the Kazakh government once designated it a nuclear testing zone. Thankfully it is not anymore but instead sucks oil out of the Caspian and is a large factor in Kazakhstan's ranking of 3rd highest country ...
Advantages: Executive rooms great, good security, nice pool Disadvantages: Regular rooms mediocre, inconsistent service
Almaty is the largest city and former capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The capital was moved a few years ago to Astana but Almaty, in the south east of the country, remains the business and commercial centre.
Like most Soviet republic capitals there are a number of large, concrete, box-like, Soviet hotels which appear to have come from the Stalin school of architectural design. Since independence a few new, smaller hotels have been built, but two new hotels dominate the international market. Of these only the Rahat Palace has become part of an international chain and is now the Hyatt Regency Rahat Palace.
I've stayed at the Hyatt Regency Almaty eight or nine times, the first in 1998 and most recently in November 2003. In this time I have seen few changes; the single most noticeable change is that the hookers who used to ...
