Russian Aviation has granted Nordwind Airlines permit to operate flights on the air routes Omsk-Khujand-Omsk and Omsk-Dushanbe-Omsk three times a week.
At the same time, Russian Aviation has revoked permit on operating flights on these air routes from Izhavia, which never started operating flights on these routes.
Nordwind Airlines has been granted permit to operate these flights during three months.
Asia-Plus has failed to get comments from Tajikistan’s Civil Aviation Agency on this issue.
Currently five air carriers operate flights from Tajikistan to Russia: Somon Air; Ural Airlines; UTair; Nordwind Airlines; and Siberia Airlines (S-7 Airlines).
Nordwind Airlines, LLC is a Russian leisure airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow, and its hub is at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines primarily operates service between airports in Russia and holiday destinations around the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. Nordwind Airlines was founded in August 2008 by the Russian and Turkish branches of tour operator Pegas Touristik.
