TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, September 11. Uzbekistan’s Air Samarkand will increase flights to Türkiye’s Istanbul from September 14, the airline told Trend.
Air Samarkand will add a new weekly Saturday return service from Samarkand to Istanbul conducted by Airbus 321 aircraft.
“This third weekly rotation on the Samarkand-Istanbul service will deliver increased flexibility to our customers and help to satisfy the growing demand from business and leisure travelers on this route, with further increases likely very soon," CEO of Air Samarkand Zafar Butaev said.
Earlier, the airline provided scheduled return services operating every Monday and Thursday from Samarkand International Airport to Istanbul International Airport. The flights are operated with the airline’s Airbus A321neo aircraft on the scheduled 5-hour flight.
The expanded service to Istanbul marks the continued and steady expansion of Air Samarkand’s route network. The carrier began flying to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in late July to support religious pilgrims, increasing the frequency to five per week by September, with two services departing from Samarkand and one each week from the Uzbek cities of Termez, Fergana, and Namangan. Air Samarkand also serves Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Nha Trang in Vietnam, using Airbus A321neo and A330-300 aircraft.