Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Apr. 23
By Demir Azizov- Trend:
Uzbekistan Airways will launch regular cargo flights to Iran's capital Tehran from Apr.29, said the website of Uzbek air carrier.
The cargo flights from Uzbekistan's Navoi airport will be operated in cooperation with South Korea's Korean Air company.
The flights will be carried to out to Imam Khomeini International Airport by Boeing767-300BCF aircraft twice a week - on Mondays and Fridays.
Currently, cargo flights from the Navoi airport are carried out to Frankfurt, Vienna, Milan, Zaragoza, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai and Seoul.
Uzbekistan Airways is a monopoly air carrier in Uzbekistan and is owned by the state.
The volume of cargo transportation from the Navoi airport stood at 35,800 tons in 2015, or 16 percent more than in 2014, according to the company.
Edited by SI