“Spring initiative, “Uzbekistan”

The national airline of Uzbekistan “Uzbekistan Airways” plans to receive in August and September 2002, two Boeing 767-300ER (extended range) in addition to the two similar machines are already available in the it Park. According to the CEO of the airline Arslan Ruzmetov, the new aircraft will be operated flights to Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, and also in countries near and far abroad. In 2000, the airline carried 1.8 million passengers. (from them 700 thousand people on domestic flights), which is 4.8% more than in 1999, and 36 thousand tons of cargo. However, Arslan Ruzmetov noticed that last year was difficult for the Uzbek carrier. Closed some flights in Russia, such as Krasnodar and Mineral Waters have strained relations with a number of Russian airlines due to problems with conversion of the proceeds received from the sale of their flights in Uzbekistan. In the spring of the management of “Uzbekiston Havo Yullari”, concurrently representing Uzbekistan in international relations in the field of aviation, has conducted a number of negotiations with Russian aviation authorities and carriers. According to Ruzmetova, the process of obtaining revenue is agreed upon, the Russian airlines from the government of the Republic establishes a special quota (foreign exchange market in Uzbekistan is tightly regulated). However, still an open question about flights of “Uzbekistan” in Saint-Petersburg – GUAP “Pulkovo”, which itself does not fly to Tashkent, require compensation or agree to provide a block of seats on flights Uzbek carrier. Anyway, this year the company plans to restore the number of Russian flights to increase the number of flights to London, new Delhi. April 28 “Uzbekistan Airways” opens regular flights to Japan. Up to this point of the carriers of the CIS countries flights to Japan were only performed in Russian enterprises. The weekly flights will be operated from Tashkent to the airport “Kansai”, located in Western Japan, near Osaka. As explained by representatives of the airline, the choice of airport impact management’s decision last significant decline since the spring of this year tariffs for services of international flights.