16.1 Aviation Law and Policy in Central Asia

The Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are landlocked and therefore rely critically on aviation for passenger travel and express cargo logistics. Despite substantial growth in the past decade, the region’s aviation market is still not realizing its full potential.

With air traffic being on the rise and with new route launches, growing airlines such as “Air Astana,” and the construction of o…