Urgench International Airport will be closed from July 20 to August 7, 2024 in connection with the reconstruction of the runway, Uzbekistan Airports reports.

During this period, all scheduled flights will be redirected to Nukus International Airport.

Passengers will be provided with free shuttle service between Nukus and Urgench airports.

A 15.7-hectare leather and footwear industrial zone has been established in Akhangaran district of Tashkent region of Uzbekistan, the Uzcharmsanoat association reported.

Seven companies from Russia, China, Turkey and Uzbekistan plan to implement 23 projects worth $31.5m on the territory of the new industrial zone.

The industrial zone already has an automated slaughterhouse, a cluster for leather processing and finished products, as well as shoe manufacturing and wool processing factories.

President of Iranian shipping company Golden Line Ali Akbar Ehsani offered to assist in the construction of Kazakhstani cargo terminal in the port of Bandar Abbas in Iran, reported in the government of Kazakhstan.

During negotiations with Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, he noted that the company has at its disposal container sites with an area of 25 hectares in the port of Bandar Abbas.

"We are ready to allocate another 30 hectares in a convenient location for the Kazakh terminal in the port and put our investments in its construction. We will be able to organize direct cargo deliveries to the Caspian port," Ali Akbar Ehsan stressed.

The Civil Aviation Committees of Kazakhstan and China have agreed to lift restrictions on the destinations and frequency of air cargo flights, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport said.

Kazakh airlines were authorized to perform an unlimited number of flights to Hainan Island, including using the fifth, sixth and seventh degrees of "freedom of air".

The parties also agreed to authorize an increase in the number of passenger flights to 124 per week.

At the same time, the designated air carriers of Kazakhstan and China were authorized to perform up to 42 flights per week using the fifth degree of "freedom of the air".

The cost of construction of the Kyrgyz section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad is $4.7 billion, Uzbek Railways reported.

The total length of the future railroad will be 486 kilometers, of which Kyrgyzstan will account for 311.8 kilometers.

They also plan to build 18 railway stations, 81 bridges (26 kilometers) and 41 tunnels (120 kilometers).

The length of the section with a gauge of 1435 mm - 169.6 kilometers, with a gauge of 1520 mm - 142 kilometers.

The change of gauge from 1435 mm to 1520 mm will be organized at the Makmal railway station in Jalal-Abad region of Kyrgyzstan.

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