Kazakh low-cost airline FlyArystan launched flights to Yerevan. Now there is a regular Almaty-Yerevan-Almaty flight held twice a week: on Mondays and Thursdays. At the moment work is underway to operate flights from Nur-Sultan to Yerevan as well.

Armenian-Kazakh relations are developing quite actively, which is facilitated by the membership of both countries in the EEU. Flights can have a positive impact on Armenia in both trade with Kazakhstan and the tourism sector.

The tourism sector in Armenia has experienced unprecedented development over the past decade, registering an average annual growth of 15%. Revenues generated in the tourism sector account for 15.3% of Armenia’s GDP, and the number of visitors in the pre-harvest period exceeded 4 million people. 27% of visitors come to Armenia from the EU countries, 26% from Russia and other CIS countries, 5% from Iran, and 6% from the USA. The number of hotels has doubled in the past five years, reaching 710. In addition to the traditional premium airlines, low-cost airlines such as Wizzair, Transavia, Skyup, Bees, Ryanair, Airbaltic, Fly Pegasus, Fly One and others began to fly to Armenia, connecting Yerevan and Gyumri with European countries at a price starting from 40 euros. At the same time, based on the cooperation of ANIF and Air Arabia, a new Armenian national low-coster Arna was created, which will connect Yerevan with Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the League of Arab States.