Astana. January 15. Kazakhstan Today - The Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan, Serik Ahmetov, informed at the session in the ministry volume of transportations in railway branch is expected to be decreased on average by 3-4 % and in civil aircraft - by 8 % in Kazakhstan in the first quarter of 2009, the agency reports. "The observable decrease as a whole is comparable to the seasonal fluctuations and is not critical. We will be able to define a clearer picture not earlier than May - June of 2009," the Transport Minister said. "The crisis can negatively influence the transport branch in the autumn of 2009," S. Ahmetov noted.