Utair launches regular flights between Tashkent and Ufa

Until the end of July, flights will be operated every Thursday, from August - on Thursdays and Fridays.

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Russian Utair has launched new flights between Tashkent and Ufa, the company said in a statement.

Until the end of July, a flight to the capital of Bashkortostan will be operated once a week. From August, two flights will be operated weekly.

Flight schedule:

• in July - departure from Ufa on Thursdays at 21:55, departure from Tashkent on Fridays at 1:45;
• in August - departure from Ufa on Thursdays and Fridays at 21:55, departure from Tashkent on Fridays and Saturdays at 1:45.

Tickets are sold on the utair.ru website at a price of 7,603 rubles (1.47 million soums at the current exchange rate of the Central Bank).

The head of Utair, Oleg Semyonov, noted the expansion of the geography of flights to Uzbekistan. Now the carrier operates flights to Tashkent from Moscow and St. Petersburg, since April it has established flights from Surgut and Tyumen, and now also from Ufa.

In addition, Utair planes fly from Moscow to Bukhara, Samarkand and Fergana. The airline is considering opportunities to launch new flights to Uzbekistan from other major cities of Russia.