DUSHANBE, July 16, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik air company, Somon Air, has announced increase in the number of flights from Dushanbe to Istanbul, Turkey. 

Beginning on July 28, the air company will operate flights to Istanbul twice a week – on Mondays and Thursdays.

The economy class fare on the air route from Dushanbe to Istanbul is €354.00, while the business class fare on this air route is €509.  The prices of a round-trip ticket for Dushanbe-Istanbul destination are €708.00 for the economy class cabin and €1.218 for the business class cabin.

Somon Air is an airline based in Dushanbe.  It is Tajikistan''s first private airline.  Somon Air is also the first airline in Tajikistan to launch an online booking system. The airline uses the Boeing 737 in its fleet.

Somon Air operates now to the following destinations: China (Urumqi); Germany (Frankfurt am Main); Kazakhstan (Almaty); Russia (Khanty-Mansisysk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Orenburg, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg); Saudi Arabia (Jeddah); Tajikistan (Khujand); Turkey (Istanbul); Ukraine (Simferopol); and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai).     

The Somon Air fleet now includes three Boeing 737-800s.  The company has also ordered two Boeing 737-900ERs.