SunExpress introduced flights between Izmir and Tashkent on Monday 3 August. The 3,595-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, with a mix of 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier becomes the first to link the two cities. Flight XQ802 departs Izmir at 20:30 local time, arriving in Tashkent at 03:10 […]
August 11, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Uzbekistan’s Centrum Air inaugurated flights between Tashkent and Frankfurt on Monday 30 March, marking its entry into the European market. The 4,700-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with the 221-seat A321neo aircraft. It will compete against 2-weekly flights each by Qanot Sharq and Uzbekistan Airways. What they said Abdulaziz Abdurakhmanov, Founder […]
April 14, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Uzbekistan Airways introduced flights between Tashkent and Madrid on Monday 7 April. The 5,955-kilometre journey will be maintained weekly with the 188-seat A321neo aircraft, although the larger 787-8 may be deployed depending on demand. The carrier faces no competition between the two capitals. From 14 April the service will make a stop in Urgench in […]
April 16, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq inaugurated flights between the country’s capital Tashkent and Prague on Thursday 30 May. The 4,300-kilometre service will be maintained weekly with the 202-seat A321neo aircraft. It faces no competition between the two cities. Flight HH405 departs Tashkent at 10:30 local time, arriving in Prague at 14:30 local time. The return service, operating […]
June 5, 2024 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines inaugurated flights between Warsaw WAW and Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on Wednesday 13 March. The 3,810-kilometre service will initially be maintained 3-weekly, departing the Polish capital on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sunday, with the 189-seat 737 MAX 8 aircraft. During April, a fourth weekly rotation will be introduced on Tuesdays. The carrier […]
March 18, 2024 | Latest Route News +
It was another fairly quiet week for new route launches in Europe and North America. Air Service One identified just 18 new routes across the two regions. These were [date of first flight, weekly frequency]: Aeromexico has added three new non-stop routes to the US; between Guadalajara and Detroit, Merida and Atlanta, and Monterrey and […]
March 15, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Uzbekistan Airways introduced flights between its hub in Tashkent and Munich on Sunday 29 October. The 4,515-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Fridays and Sundays, with a mix of 190-seat 757 and 150-seat A320neo aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight HY235 departs Tashkent at 06:25 local time, arriving in Munich […]
November 2, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Central Asia is not a region which is often discussed in aviation terms. The four most populous nations are Uzbekistan (27 million people), Kazakhstan (18 million), Tajikistan (seven million) and Kyrgyzstan (six million). Between them, they have almost five million Europe seats this April-October, of which European Russia and Türkiye account for 94%. Five million […]
June 15, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story