DUSAHNBE, June 2, Asia-Plus - Tajik private air company “Samar Air” intends to open an air line from northern province of Sughd to Gorno Badakhshan – Khujand-Khorog, According to information from the Tajik State Air Company “Tojikiston”.

For this, “Samar Air” plans to lease aircraft from the Tajik national air carrier.  

The Tajik national airlines source says the negotiations on this subject are still ongoing.  “At first, “Samar Air” intends to conduct several test flights to find out whether this flight will be profitable or not,” the source said, adding that prices of tickets on this flight have not yet been set.  

In the meantime, as it had been reported earlier, the Khorog airport director Dildorbek Makhsutshoyev says that the Tajik State Air Company “Tojikiston” is launching a new flight Khujand-Khorog-Khujand with stopover in Dushanbe .  According to him, the flight will be conducted twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays.  Mr. Makhsutshoyev says the price of the ticket on this flight will be 300 Somonis and passengers will able to purchase tickets ten days before the flight.   

 We will recall that the Khujand-based “Samar Air” is the first private air carrier in Tajikistan .  It has been working since November 1 last year.  The company works on domestic air lines, conducting flights from Khujand to Kulob, from Khujand to Dushanbe and from Dushanbe to Kulob.