Air Cargo Notes | 15 Feb 2024
Marketing Team
Welcome to this week's edition of Uzbekistan Air Cargo Notes, the first and only newsletter focusing on the latest news and insights into the dynamic air cargo market of Uzbekistan and Central Asia. This week we are reporting on Uzbekistan Airways to operate flights to Rome, SCAT airline to resume passenger flights to Batumi, and the development of a new multimodal corridor.
Air Cargo Trends
Uzbekistan Airways to initiate flights to Rome (source)
● The national carrier to operate regular passenger flights ex Tashkent to Rome once a week using the Airbus 321Neo airplane
● The inaugural flight is scheduled for 31 March 2024
SCAT airline to reconnect Astana and Batumi (source)
● Kazakhstan airline SCAT will resume flights ex Astana to Batumi starting on 8 June 2024
● The flights will be operated twice a week on the Boeing 737 aircraft
Somon Air started to operate flights to Jeddah and Dubai (source)
● Somon Air a Tajikistan airline began to operate passenger flights ex Khujand to Jeddah and ex Khujand to Dubai once a week from 6 February 2024
● Currently, Somon Air operates regular flights from Tajikistan to 25 locations, including cities in Germany, the UAE, Türkiye, China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan
Other News
Turkmenistan and Iran to improve transport connectivity (source)
● At the "Iranian Maritime Economy" forum, the Maritime and River Transport Agency of Turkmenistan discussed further development of North-South and West-East transport corridors
● During the forum, three transport routes were identified: Europe-Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran- India, Russia-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran-India, and Russia-Iran-India
Russia to develop a new transport corridor via Turkmenistan (source)
● Vadim Ganin, a director of the Business Center for Economic Development of the CIS, has mentioned Russia's plans to take part in the developing of a multimodal corridor on the route Russia – Caspian Sea – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan – Kyrgyzstan
● In addition, Vadim Ganin discussed the development of a second project which is the creation of the Trans-Afghan Corridor, initiated by the Uzbekistan government in 2021. The new transport corridor will connect the EU, Belarus, Russia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and other Southeast Asian countries
Find out More:
● Your Last Mile Guide in Uzbekistan
● How to Calculate Chargeable Weight for Airfreight
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