OBS_VALUE: By order of the RK Minister of industry and infrastructural development, from November 1, 2019 the open skies policy was introduced, at the first stage, at 11 airports in Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent, Aktau, Karaganda, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Pavlodar, Kokshetau, Taraz, Petropavlovsk, Semey), which provides for the removal of all restrictions on the number of flights and providing foreign airlines with the fifth degree of air freedom in directions that are not operated by Kazakh carriers. The open sky regime is valid for 3 years with the possibility of further extension. In the future, taking into account the results of the first stage, it is planned to expand the list of cities and remove all restrictions on the fifth degree.