Mideast airlines halt flights to Kazakhstan amid unrest
Flydubai and Air Arabia have cancelled flights to Almaty as violent anti-government protests roil Kazakhstan’s largest city.
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UAE-based airlines Flydubai and Air Arabia have halted flights to Kazakhstan’s largest city of Almaty amid the deadly political unrest in the Central Asian country.
Dozens in Kazakhstan are dead and hundreds injured after a sudden hike in fuel prices sparked violent anti-government protests in the ex-Soviet republic and prompted President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to declare a state of emergency.