DUSHANBE, July 7, 2012, Asia-Plus — Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, operated the first flight to New Delhi, India on July 6 and comfortable Boeing 737-500 was used to operate this flight, the Tajik Air press center reports.
We will recall that the first flight from Dushanbe to New Delhi was scheduled for June 29 but the flight was reportedly postponed until July 6 because of low passenger traffic.
The flight from Dushanbe to New Delhi will be operated once a week — on Fridays. A ticket for the flight costs 240 euros.
Tajik Air (Tajikistan Airlines) is the national airline of Tajikistan. The airline has its main hub at the Dushanbe airport, and it retains a secondary focus point at the Khujand airport.
The company started operations on September 3, 1924 as Tajik Aviation. Its first route was Bukhara to Dushanbe, served by Junkers F-13 aircraft. It is the sixth oldest airline still in operation.
Tajik Air now serves the following destinations: China (Urumqi); Iran (Tehran, Mashhad); Kazakhstan (Almaty); Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek); Russia (Irkutsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk, St Petersburg, Samara, Sochi, Surgut, and Yekaterinburg); Tajikistan (Khorog and Khujand); and United Arab Emirates (Sharjah).
