Tajikistan’s privately owned air company, Somon Air, has resumed flights from Dushanbe to Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
The first flight on this air route took place on February 8, according to the Somon Air press center. According to the Somon Air press center, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-900 are used to operate this flight
30 passengers were aboard the flight from Dushanbe to Urumqi and 34 passengers reportedly arrived from Urumqi in Dushanbe.
This flight is still operated once-weekly service – on Wednesdays, and starting from March, this flight is expected to be operated twice a week.
Somon Air is the first private airline in Tajikistan with an office headquartered in Dushanbe. The airline operations are based at Dushanbe International Airport. The airline started operating on February 5, 2008 with regular flights to Moscow and Dubai. Somon Air also serves as the official carrier of President of the Republic of Tajikistan and other Tajikistan high-ranking officials.
Somon Air is a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Somon Air's fleet consists of Boeing 737-800 and 737-900 family aircraft. The company is focused on expanding the route network of air transportation and the fleet, and currently operates regular flights from Tajikistan to Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye, China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
