BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 19
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan has denied claims about the launch of flights by the Ukrainian airline Bees Airline to Samarkand, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Uzbekistan.
According to the information, the Ukrainian Bees Airline announced the start of ticket sales for flights on the Kyiv-Samarkand-Kyiv route from August 9 this year on the airline's website and official pages on social networks.
In the published message, the airline announced that flights on the Kyiv-Samarkand-Kyiv route will be operated once a week on Mondays, starting from August 30, 2021. The message distributed by the airline does not specify in what order (regular or charter) flights on this route will be carried out.
In this regard, the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan reported that the Ukrainian company Bees Airline did not receive any requests regarding regular flights to Uzbekistan.
In addition, the Civil Aviation Agency of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan (Uzaviation) has not yet received any requests for the organization of one-time charter flights by the airline on the route Kyiv-Samarkand-Kyiv.
"Airlines of foreign countries for carrying out one-time (charter) flights to the airfields of civil aviation of Uzbekistan must obtain the appropriate permission from the authorized body of the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan and then start selling air tickets." the ministry of transport said.
“Since the cancellation of the flight on the route announced by the airlines as a result of the lack of the appropriate authorization from the competent authority to operate charter flights, leads to social tension among passengers," the message said.
The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan asked foreign airlines to strictly observe the rights of passengers and the obligations of the carrier.
"To date, there is an agreement between the aviation authorities of Uzbekistan and Ukraine on the implementation of flights only on Tashkent - Kyiv route," the ministry added.
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