Uzbekistan has proposed Tajikistan to launch flights to the Uzbek cities of Samarqand and Bukhara, a reliable source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus today morning.
According to him, Uzbekistan’s national air carrier Uzbekistan Airways has come up with a proposal to launch air routes connecting the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, and the Uzbek cities of Samarqand and Bukhara.
The Tajik civil aviation authorities are currently studying the proposal and will make a decision on this issue in the near future, the source added.
Recall, Uzbekistan Airways has operated the regular flights from Tashkent to Dushanbe since April last year.
The first flight was operated on April 11, 2017. It was the first regular flight between Tashkent and Dushanbe since 1992. With the exception of a test flight on February 10, 2017 there had been no direct civilian flights between the two capitals since 1992.
Uzbekistan’s national air carrier now operates once-weekly service from Tashkent to Dushanbe on Tuesdays.
