January 10, 2022 - 15:56 AMT
Yerevan–Aktau flights canceled amid Kazakh unrest resume

Flights between Yerevan, Armenia and Aktau, Kazakhstan, which were canceled amid protests in Kazakhstan, have resumed. The first flight will take place on January 10.

Oksana Svistun, a representative for the Kazakh carrier SCAT, said that the plane will land at the Yerevan airport at 18:20 and fly to Aktau at 19:10, Sputnik Armenia reports.

Demonstrations in Kazakhstan began just over a week ago in protest at a fuel price rise began. They developed into a wider protest against Tokayev's government and the influence of the former president, 81-year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev.