To meet the growing demand for air travel, work continues to modernize airport infrastructure. Next year, the construction of new passenger terminals at Almaty, Kyzylorda, and Shymkent airports will be completed.
Addressing a government meeting attendees, Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov outlined positive figures in the country’s aviation industry.
“The number of flights over the year almost doubled to 410,000. Passenger traffic is expected to grow by 22% this year, reaching 13 million people. Air travel within the country has increased significantly – up to 644 weekly flights on 51 routes,” said Smailov.
The process of de-dollarisation, i.e. the reduction of the global influence of the dollar, has received increasing attention in recent years. The reason for this in some countries is the fear that Washington will use its influence as a weapon to achieve its political goals, denying the economic sovereignty of less powerful states.
At this stage of the great power rivalry, we do not yet know how profitable close economic relations with China will be in the future. However, investment trends show that Hungary's policy is the right one, as the impact of Chinese investment on the Hungarian economy is outstanding even by regional standards.
Over the past decade, the Hungarian government has effectively pursued a policy of Eastern Opening, resulting in a significant increase in investments, primarily from Asia. The Middle East is also becoming increasingly significant for Hungary. Recently, Dubai billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor granted an interview to the Hungarian private television channel ATV, in which he commended the strategy adopted by the Hungarian government and discussed his forthcoming investments in Hungary.