Photo: Uzbekistan Ministry of Transport press service
The number of flights between Uzbekistan and Russia is set to nearly triple, surpassing 1,000 weekly flights. The agreement was reached during bilateral talks held in Moscow on July 21–22, according to press statements from both countries’ transport ministries.
Russian Deputy Transport Minister Vladimir Poteshkin, meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Jamoliddin Nazarov, emphasized that Uzbekistan remains one of Russia’s key strategic partners in the aviation sector. In 2024, Russian airlines increased passenger traffic to Uzbekistan by nearly 50 percent. Between January and April 2025, passenger traffic grew by 7.1 percent compared to the same period last year.
Currently, 12 airlines operate flights between Russia and Uzbekistan, with around 307 weekly flights (Uzbekistan’s Transport Ministry reports «more than 310»). The two sides have agreed to significantly increase the number of allowed flights on major routes. Airlines from both countries have been granted rights to operate:
▪️ 50 flights per week each on the Tashkent–Moscow route (100 total);
▪️ 23 flights per week each on the Samarkand–Moscow route (46 total);
▪️ 14 flights per week from each of Bukhara, Urgench, Fergana, and Namangan to Moscow (112 total);
▪️ 14 flights per week each on the Tashkent–St. Petersburg, Tashkent–Krasnoyarsk, and Tashkent–Sochi routes (42 total);
▪️ 7 flights per week on various other routes.
Russian carriers will be permitted to operate 560 weekly flights from 80 international airports to all international airports in Uzbekistan, while Uzbek carriers will be able to operate 203 additional flights from Uzbekistan’s international airports to 29 major Russian international airports.
Furthermore, both Russian and Uzbek airlines will be allowed to select up to five additional cities, without limits on the number of carriers, under a “triangle” scheme that connects three destinations in a single route.
Uzbekistan’s Transport Ministry noted that expanding air connectivity will support increased passenger traffic, strengthen tourism and business cooperation, and deepen bilateral trade and economic relations.
