Tashkent (TDI): Uzbekistan has approved regular flights for airlines from Malaysia, South Korea, and Egypt, the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan announced.
Under an intergovernmental air services deal between Uzbekistan and Malaysia, AirAsia X Berhad received approval to operate regular flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tashkent.
South Korea’s T’way Air was also granted permission to start regular flights on the Seoul-Tashkent-Seoul route under the Uzbekistan-South Korea air services deal.
Both AirAsia X Berhad and T’way Air will operate these flights using Airbus A330 aircraft.
Moreover, Egypt’s Red Sea Airlines received approval to operate regular flights between Sharm el-Sheikh and Tashkent.
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This decision follows the Uzbekistan-Egypt air services deal, and the airline will use Boeing 737 aircraft for these flights.
Additionally, Uzbekistan Airways has altered its flight routes to Europe starting in January, bypassing Russian and Belarusian airspace.
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The airline’s press service said in a recent statement that the decision was based on recommendations from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and was not related to the recent Azerbaijan Airlines crash.
