Uzbekistan Havo Yollari (Uzbekistan Airways) and Russian airline S7 Airlines signed a code-sharing agreement, envisaging execution of joint flights. According to the Russian airline, the agreement will allow increasing frequency of flights between Novosibirsk and Tashkent. S7 Airlines conducts its own flights between two cities on Sundays. Now, the airline will also conduct flights on…
Carriers complain of permits issued to drivers from China and Turkey, but not from Kyrgyzstan. They stated it at a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Roads. According to the press service, the heads of associations are interested in transportation of goods to China and Turkey. Foreign countries’ trucks give the domestic…
The construction of the rail link connecting Dushanbe and Qurghon Teppa will be fully completed in September this year, Usmon Qalandarov, the deputy head of Tajik Railways, informed. According to him, rehabilitation of the 25-kilmeter Dushanbe-Vahdat section of the railway has been completed and the construction of the 40.7-kilometer Vahdat-Yovon section of the railway is…
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) railway construction remain questionable because of uncertainty in the current situation in Afghanistan, Usmon Qalandarov, the deputy head of Tajik Railways, said. He noted that the Asian Development Bank had suspended its financial support for the construction of the TAT railway due to security risks in Afghanistan. “We are ready to begin…
Compared to the first half of 2015 cargo-by-rail shipments in Tajikistan have reportedly fallen by nearly 3% over the first six months of this year. 2.942 million tons of cargo has been shipped by rail in H1, down by 83,000 tons or 2.9% YoY, Usmon Qalandarov, the deputy head of Tajik Railways, announced. “Transit cargo…
Tajik private airline Somon Air announces a reduction of the number of flights from Dushanbe to Lahore (Pakistan) and the launch of a new air routes from Dushanbe to Russia. The first flight on the Dushanbe-Lahore route took place on May 6 and Somon Air was flying to Lahore (round trip service) twice a week,…
Within the period of winter 2016/2017 schedule Ukraine International Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled flights between Kiev and Ankara, Turkey. Tickets are already available on UIA official website, at the carrier Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorized travel agencies. Effective October 30, 2016, the Kiev – Ankara – Kiev daily flights will be operated…