Bus 79 runs to Nazarbayev Ave (formerly Furmanov), and Bus 86 also runs downtown. You cross Zakarpatskaya St which is where your bus will emerge from, pass the Favorit Hotel and a small supermarket, to find the bus-stop where folk as cheapskate as yourself are waiting. From Arrivals follow the traffic flow through the barriers onto the street, keeping right for traffic into town.
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A ride into town is 150 tenge-pay the driver or conductor. But of course they are, otherwise he wouldn't be so insistent. Every taxi tout will assure you that buses are not running. if you are bold enough.īuses run daily from about 05:20 to 23:00, every 30 mins or better, and take 30 min between the airport and the center. Otherwise, just leave the taxi without paying, and take another one. If you seem to be driving west not north, with road signs for Almaty Arena but not for the airport, then Aport is where he's taking you. It's a great gift to crooked taxi drivers, who will pretend you directed them here instead of to the airport, and who'll demand ransom to bring you back where you need to be. Note: Aport is a retail and leisure park 10 km west of the city on the road to Bishkek and Taraz. The low-cost airline FlyArystan opens up more and more domestic routes. These include Aktau, Aktobe, Astana, Atyrau, Karaganda, Kokshetau, Kyzylorda, Kostanay, Oral, Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk, Semey, Shymkent, Taraz, Uralsk, Urdjar, Ust-Kamenogorsk and Zhezkazgan. Low cost WizzAir flies from Abu Dhabi, while FlyArystan connects Almaty with Sharjah and Kutaisi.ĭomestic flights – Kazakhstan is a very big country, so most cities have regular flights to Almaty with Air Astana or SCAT Airlines or both. So most journeys from the west will involve at least one change of flight, Frankfurt and Istanbul usually being the most convenient. Other carriers fly directly from Ashgabat, Dubai, Frankfurt, Novosibirsk, Osh, Riga, Samarkand, Sanya and Xian. Flights to Almaty include Antalya, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Bishkek, Delhi, Dubai-International, Dushanbe, Kazan, Hong Kong, Istanbul IST, Kyiv-Boryspil, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg, Seoul-Incheon, Tashkent, Tbilisi and Ürümqi. International flights – The national flag-carrier is Air Astana, with flights around central Asia and the Middle East. Airport exchange rates are within 5% of interbank rate, good value anywhere - get some small notes (less than 1000 tenge) for local transport. Passport control follows, then security, then you enter the air-side international lounge with shops, cafes and seating. The check-in area is nominally security-controlled but this is laxly enforced however this area has no other facilities so there's no point entering till your desk is open. Arrivals is ground floor, Departures is upper floor, with a good selection of ground-side cafes and shops. Flights are around the clock so most airport facilities are open 24/7, and there are no security barriers to access the terminal.
See Kazakhstan for entry requirements- most westerners don't need a visa for visits up to 30 days.