Self-driving taxis are planned to be launched in Kazakhstan in 2027. Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhaslan Madiyev announced this at a government meeting. According to him, in parallel, work is underway to regulate this area. Currently, a pilot project of a ground-based unmanned taxi is being implemented in three cities - Astana, Almaty and Kosshy. In parallel, another direction is developing in Kazakhstan - air taxi. On July 24, a demonstration flight of the eVTOL electric aircraft took place in Astana. The project is being implemented by the Kazakh company Alatau Advance Air Group together with the Chinese manufacturer AutoFlight. The first stage of the commercial launch of air taxis is planned in Alatau and Almaty. In Almaty, sites for vertiports are being considered in the area of the airport, financial center, First President and Medeu. Construction of the first vertiport has already begun in Alatau. In the future, they plan to expand the air network to tourist destinations in the Almaty region. Commercial air taxi flights are expected in late 2028 or early 2029. The timing is affected by aircraft certification, pilot training and the creation of ground infrastructure. This way
Basically, two different types of transport are developing in parallel in Kazakhstan: ground-based unmanned taxis with a target for launch in 2027 and air taxis, commercial flights of which are expected in late 2028 - early 2029.
