Tashkent
The capital of the country is Tashkent has better international flight connections than any other city in the region.
Currently "Tashkent" international airport render services to such famous air companies as:
Uzbekistan airways, Lufthansa Cargo, Turkish airlines, Asiana Airlines Inc., PJSC Aeroflot – Russian airlines, Korean Air, Siberia Airlines, Ural airlines, Russia Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Dubai aviation Corporation, FlyDubai, air Astana, Yakutia Airlines, UTair airlines, Kam Air Ltd, Azerbaijan airlines, Somon air, North wind LLC, air Manas airlines LLC, scat airlines JSC, al masria universal airlines, Zagros airlines, Zhejiang Loong airlines co Ltd, Iraero JSC and others
The new airport building was commissioned in Tashkent in 1976. Since then millions of people have used its services.14 international routes were open. Including charter flights, the specialists of the capital airport render serve aircrafts flying to almost all countries of Asia and Europe.
In 1995-96 with the assistance of "Shtrabag" and "Fox" as well as Frankfurt-on Maine airport the south and north landing strips were fully reconstructed and equipped with the latest landing signaling systems produced by "Siemens". After that the airport got the second ICAO category and reconstructed the building of domestic airlines where republican transportations are served.
In 2001 the reconstruction of the air building was finished. This allowed the airport of the central airlines to become one of the largest and most comfortable buildings equipped with the latest facilities.
At the same time modern equipment was purchased to render services to passengers and land maintains of all aircraft types.
The reconstruction of landing strips, air building, the latest equipment allowed "Tashkent" international airport to render services to the passengers more comfortably and on higher quality as well as maintain all types of aircrafts used all over the world.
Most of European tourists fly to Tashkent:
- Via Istanbul (Turkish Airlines: daily).
- Via Moscow (Aeroflot: daily).
- Directly from London (Uzbekistan Airways: Tue, Fri).
- Directly from Paris (Uzbekistan Airways: Tue, Fri).
- Directly from Frankfurt (Uzbekistan Airways: Mon, Thu).
Most of Asian and Australian tourists fly to Tashkent:
- Directly from Seoul (Asiana Airlines: Mon, Wed, Fri; Korean Air: Tue, Fri, Sun).
- Directly from Beijing (China Southern: Mon, Fri; Uzbekistan Airways: Tue).
- Directly from Dubai (Fly Dubai: Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat).