Kazakhstan's SCAT Airlines is launching a new flight connecting Shymkent with Budapest on 27 May. The Astana Times reported that the flights will be operated twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, using Boeing 737 aircraft. According to the airline:
Flight DV 489/490 will depart from Shymkent at 8:00 am local time and arrive in Budapest at 10:30 am.
The return flights will depart from the Hungarian capital at 11:25 and land back in Shymkent at 8:00 pm local time.
The flight time is therefore five and a half hours.
Shymkent is the third largest city in Kazakhstan, with over one million inhabitants, in the south of the country. It is also home to an honorary Hungarian consulate.
According to the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Transport, the new flight is expected to strengthen trade, economic, business, and tourism links between Kazakhstan and Hungary, promoting closer cooperation between the two nations.
