“Flight KC7131 Almaty – Pavlodar on November 12, 2024 at 12.30 is delayed due to the impossibility of providing anti-icing equipment. The departure has been preliminarily rescheduled for 15.30 on November 12, 2024 local time in Almaty,” reads the notification received by passengers from the so-called “low-cost airline”.
Note that in Almaty on Tuesday morning the temperature was above zero, and already at 11.00, that is, an hour and a half before the flight’s originally scheduled departure, the air temperature in the southern capital will warm up to +8.
“Flight delays are a problem that no one is solving! Dinara Satzhan (journalist – KazTAG), I read yesterday, could not fly to Zhezkazgan. In general, these companies have a piggish attitude towards us – they earn billions and there are no changes. “And what does anti-icing equipment have to do with it if there is no snow or rain in Almaty right now and the temperature is above zero?” asked a KazTAG reader.
The editorial staff contacted the Almaty airport, the airlines FlyArystan and Air Astana, as well as the Ministry of Transport for comments.
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