Uzbekistan Airways resumes Dhaka flights June 25


DailyStarNews.Com
June 7

Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of Uzbekistan, will resume twice a week flights between Dhaka and Tashkent from June 25, 2002, says a press release.

Uzbekistan Airways flights to Dhaka was suspended following the September 11 incident and subsequently the Afghan war, as overflights over Afghanistan airspace was restricted.

The resumption of the flights was decided following the opening of Afghan airspace and fruitful discussions between Uzbekistan Airways management and its GSA in Bangladesh, Airspan Ltd in Tashkent last week.

Flight HY 462 will depart Dhaka every Tuesday at 1045 hours and arrive in Tashkent at 1430 hours, while Flight HY 464 will depart Dhaka every Wednesday at 2330 hours arriving in Tashkent at 0315 hours the next day offering convenient connections to New York, London, Birmingham, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Athens, Istanbul and almost all the cities of Russia and Central Asian Republics.

The resumption of Uzbekistan Airways will not only help connect Dhaka with Russian and CIS cities but also help increase trade and commerce between Bangladesh and the Central Asian countries.