Kazakhstan’s Almaty International Airport well-prepared for future demands - Lufthansa Consulting master plan project successfully completed

Following intensive and fruitful joint team work, Almaty International Airport and Lufthansa Consulting recently finalized their comprehensive master plan
development project. Kazakhstan’s largest international airport is now on the right track to face the future challenges in its market environment and meets
international safety standards. According to the master plan results and the integrated traffic forecast until 2031 and beyond, it will be able to accommodate
future growth in terms of passengers, cargo as well as of aircraft movements.

During the project which started in November 2011 the aviation experts conducted a market potential analysis and an accurate traffic forecast for
Almaty International Airport. The consultants also performed a technical and operational infrastructure assessment and delivered the master plan
document which also serves as a land-use plan. Lufthansa Consulting developed the infrastructure concept to allocate space to the airport and
airfield areas such as, in particular, the existing and new passenger terminal, cargo and maintenance facilities as well as the runway system.

The master plan has been consequently developed in line with international accepted planning and operational performance as well as with safety
and security requirements according to international ICAO and IATA standards. Almaty International Airport is the first and the only airport in the
CIS having the ICAO Category III navigational aids for the runway for safe air traffic operations.

of both the airfield and terminal infrastructure, which will be consistently implemented. Our airport will make every effort to meet the growing demands and
needs of carriers and their passengers", states Aibol Bekmukhambetov, President of Almaty International Airport.

Today, Almaty International Airport services over 50,000 flights annually, handles more than 4 million passengers every year and cooperates with 40 airlines.
The expected air traffic expansion has an important impact on the economic and social development of Almaty and Kazakhstan as a whole. With the master
plan and its successful implementation the airport management will be ready to meet the future capacity demands and to offer efficient services to its clients
and passengers.