Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have returned to flight connection interrupted 25 years ago

Almaty. February 10. Silkroadnews – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have returned to flight connection interrupted 25 years ago, Tajik Telegraph Agency (TajikTA) informs.

The first flight by the Tajik “Somon Air” on the route Dushanbe-Tashkent took off from the capital’s airport on Friday morning. The first flight to Tashkent is a technical one performed as a trial. The regular flights connecting two capitals are scheduled to start as of February 20.

The frequency of flights and possibility of their performance to Dushanbe by the Uzbek airline will be discussed at the meeting of the Dushanbe international airport and airlines representatives with their Uzbek counterparts. The participants are also expected to discuss a resumption of flights between other cities of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

As TajikTA reminds, direct flights between the cities of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, including Tashkent-Dushanbe route, were interrupted back in 1992 with beginning of civil war in Tajikistan.