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EBRD promotes flight safety in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Almost 1.5 million passengers using key airports in Tajikistan annually will enjoy safer flights following air navigation systems upgrades financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Bank said on August 9. Continue reading

Turkmenistan airline expands geography of international flights

ASHGABAT (TCA) — This year, Turkmenistan’s national airlines company plans to expand the geography of regular international flights, the state-run Newspaper Golden Age reports. Continue reading

Uzbekistan suspends receiving and sending of Boeing 737 MAX flights

TASHKENT (TCA) — The civil aviation agency of Uzbekistan on March 13 said that the country has decided to suspend Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 aircraft into and out of its airports until further notice, after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. Continue reading

UK suspends Turkmenistan Airlines flights affecting India travellers

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed in a note on February 4 that Turkmenistan Airlines was banned from flying to and from the EU pending the decision over the safety standards, Sputnik news agency reported. Continue reading

Tajikistan: National air carrier becomes presidential family plaything

DUSHANBE (TCA) — In Tajikistan, a private airline with links to the family of the country’s president is now closer to ultimately swallowing up the country’s troubled national air carrier, which would not be good for Tajik air passengers as there will be no competition on this market. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading

To attract foreign investment, Central Asia countries introduce open skies policy

BISHKEK (TCA) — Next week, Kyrgyzstan will declare a unilateral open skies policy and the fifth air freedom in the country. Continue reading