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Limited international passenger flights are now operating to/from Tajikistan, including services connecting Dushanbe with Russia, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates.

This follows the phased re-opening of the country’s international air space since it closed its borders in April 2020 to contain the impact of COVID-19, the latest being the resumption of commercial flights between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on January 15.

According to ch-aviation schedules module, the following destinations are now served by the following carriers:

• Dubai Int'l: Somon Air (SZ, Dushanbe) (1x weekly) and flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int'l) (2x weekly);
• Istanbul New: Somon Air (1x weekly) and Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) (2 weekly);
• Mashad: Varesh Airlines (VRH, Sary) (1x weekly).

To Russia, Somon Air is now operating daily service between Dushanbe and Moscow Domodedovo; 2x weekly to Rostov Platov and St. Petersburg; and once weekly to each of the following: Ekaterinburg; Irkutsk Int'l; Kazan Int'l; Krasnodar; Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo; and...

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