Significant changes in global air transport that occurred after the pandemic and war in Europe have resulted in emerging new routes and connections, increasing the role of the Central Asia region. Traffic — both cargo and passenger — is steadily growing, providing solid financial results and creating promising investment opportunities.

Uzbekistan has launched a new air carrier, Air Samarkand, making its hub at Samarkand International Airport.  The new air carrier is expected to begin operating flights from spring, bringing a total number of air carriers in Uzbekistan to five.  Fergana news agency says this was announced at an international conference entitled “Asia Сonnect: Airline Network Development” on December 14.  

UzDaily says more than 170 senior representatives of airlines, airports and the tourism industry from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and others participated in the conference that took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on December 13-14.  Delegates and speakers from the USA, Germany, Turkey, China, Kuwait, and the UAE also took part in the conference.

The airline will use two modern medium-haul Airbus A320 aircraft to operate flights.  

Two aircraft will be presented in a full-economy configuration: the aircraft cabin is equipped with 180 economy class seats. This will allow from the very beginning to provide affordable, but comfortable transportation for the largest group of passengers.

During this year, the company plans to replenish the fleet with several more Airbus A320s equipped with economy and business class, as well as wide-body long-haul A330s. The increase in the fleet will make it possible to systematically expand the route network, providing a high level of service.

Air Samarkand will operate to 14 destinations to Russia (Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara and Sochi) and internationally throughout Europe and Asia (Istanbul, Antalya, Abu-Dhabi, Jeddah, Doha, Dubai, New Delhi and Tel-Aviv).  

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