Aktobe International Airport named after Aliya Moldagulova ended 2025 with a net profit of 106.4 million tenge, up 74.5% from 61 million tenge a year earlier, according to infohub.kz.
According to the income statement, the airport's revenue for the reporting period increased by 3.8% to 3.6 billion tenge from 3.47 billion tenge. However, the cost of services rose more significantly, by 11.8%, to 3.08 billion tenge.
Due to higher costs, gross profit fell by 27.2% to 519.1 million tenge from 713.3 million tenge. Operating profit also declined: it stood at 193.8 million tenge in 2025, compared to 352.3 million tenge in 2024, a drop of nearly 45%.
At the same time, the company nearly halved its financial expenses to 65.3 million tenge from 125.7 million tenge. Additionally, other income more than doubled to 121.4 million tenge from 52.2 million tenge.
As a result, profit before tax remained almost unchanged at 190.5 million tenge, versus 191.9 million tenge in 2024.
A significant contribution to the final financial result came from a reduction in income tax expenses: they amounted to 84.2 million tenge in 2025, down from 130.9 million tenge in 2024.
Earlier it was reported that Aktobe Airport plans to more than double its aviation fuel storage capacity and will become the first airport in the country to supply Western Jet-A1 aviation kerosene.
The airport's sole shareholder is the Akimat of Aktobe Region. Aktobe ranks fourth in population among Kazakhstan's largest cities (after Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent) with 596.2 thousand people. The city is considered one of the major agglomerations, and the country's authorities expect it to become a million-plus city in the future, like Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent.