DUSHANBE, April 13, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan’s State Air Company TajikAir has raised passenger fares on flights to Moscow by 11 percent for economic class (from $349 to $389) and by 4 percent for business class (from $523 to $544), according to Tajik national air carrier.
The Tajik national air carrier said the new rates on the route from Dushanbe to Moscow went into effect April 5.
Nazira Davlatova, a spokesman for TajikAir, said that the introduction of the new rate is connected with a seasonal increase in passenger traffic from Dushanbe to Moscow and seasonal increase in passenger traffic from Moscow to Dushanbe. According to her, passenger fares on flights to other Russian cities have remained the same.
Davlatova added that TajikAir in February lowered passenger fares on the route from Moscow to Dushanbe from $289 to $229 for economic class and from $422 to $354 for business class.
The round-trip ticket from Dushanbe to Moscow costs $569 for economic class and $835 for business class.
We will recall that the government on September 6, 2006 passed the resolution “On the State Unitary Enterprise Tojikiston.” The resolution renamed the carrier TajikAir and granted it a new charter. The resolution allows the company to set flexible fares on international air routes by itself, depending on the season and passenger traffic volume, without consulting the antimonopoly commission
It is to be noted that Tajik labor migrants usually go to the Russian Federation in the spring, and therefore the demand for tickets on the routes from Dushanbe to Russia increases during this season.
