DUSHANBE, September 27, 2012, Asia-Plus — Tajik national air carrier, Tajik Air, has suspended flights on air routes from Dushanbe to New Delhi (India), Islamabad (Pakistan), and Baku (Azerbaijan). These air routs have been launched this year.
An official source at Tajik Air says the flights have been suspended because of low passenger traffic. “The flight to New Delhi is expected to be resumed next week,” he added.
Meanwhile, over the past month, flights to the far abroad countries have been conducted by the private air company, Somon Air.
Tajik Air 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 has its head office at Dushanbe International Airport in Dushanbe. The airline has its main hub at Dushanbe International Airport, and it retains a secondary focus point at Khujand”s Khujand International Airport.
The company 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).
