From July 1, Turkmen Airlines plans to resume regular flights on the Ashgabat-Moscow-Turkmenbashi route , SalamNews reported on June 24, citing the company’s office.
Flights will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Earlier, Turkmenistan resumed regular flights to Dubai and Kazan (June 1).
On June 3, the Russian Embassy in Ashgabat reported that due to the resumption of regular flights between Russia and Turkmenistan (flights of the airline “Turkmenistan Airlines” on the route Ashgabat – Kazan – Turkmenabat), the consular department of the Embassy suspends the acceptance of documents for charter flights to Russia. The last charter flights took off on 10, 17 and 24 June.
However, “Turkmenistan Airlines” can not cope with the flow of applications for the purchase of tickets from Kazan to Turkmenabat.
Meanwhile, Turkmen news reports that on June 23, 155 citizens of Turkmenistan, including students, were returned to their homeland by Turkmen Airlines on an export flight from Minsk.
This is the third flight from Belarus in a month. On June 2 and 3, 220 people were sent on export flights from Minsk to Turkmenabat.
Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan