Kazakhstan and South Korea agree to boost number of permits fourfold for flights between countries

ASTANA. March 21 (Interfax) - The respective aviation authorities of Kazakhstan and South Korea have agreed to increase the number of weekly flights permitted between the countries fourfold from 10 to 42, the press service of the Kazakh Transport Ministry's Civil Aviation Committee said.

The parties reached the agreement during bilateral negotiations in Almaty that were attended by Saltanat Tompiyeva, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, and Yong Kook Kim, Director General of the Office of Civil Aviation of South Korea.

The parties have also reached an agreement on permission to operate 40 cargo flights per week, including using the fifth freedom of the freedoms of air.

"During the negotiations, restrictions on destinations and the number of designated carriers were lifted, which should increase competition and expand the area of flights between countries," according to the press release.

The parties supported the intentions of air carriers to establish direct flights between the capitals of the two countries.