BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. Turkmenistan Airlines may open passenger flights to the countries of East Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Trend reports with reference to the Turkmen media.
This was stated by the chairman of the Turkmenhowayollary Agency (Turkmenistan Airlines) Dovran Saburov at the international conference on "International transport and transit corridors: interconnection and development" (ITC 2023) on May 4, 2023.
According to him, Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Milan (Italy), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi (Vietnam) in the future may be available for direct flights from Ashgabat without transfers.
Saburov noted that, despite the instability around the world, in 2023, an overall increase in passenger traffic is expected by 168.7 percent compared to 2021, and by 136.3 percent compared to 2022, and the expected growth in cargo transportation will be 155.4 percent compared to 2021, and 112.7 percent compared to the past a year.
He also added that it is planned to launch new cargo flights to Milan (Italy), Tokyo (Japan) and Hong Kong (China) soon.
Meanwhile, more than $700 million has been invested by Turkmenistan to implement the goals and projects of the national air carrier.