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Central Asia & South Caucasus Commercial Aviation Weekly Highlights

October 5 – 11, 2026

12 October 2026 CentralAsia+Aero
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  • Uzbekistan’s largest cargo airline receives 10th Boeing 767F. My Freighter, has taken delivery of yet another B767-300F with two more aircraft of this type are expected to arrive before the year-end, along with first A330.
  • Vietnamese LCC to launch second European route via Almaty. Having commenced Hanoi–Almaty–Prague service on October 10, VietJet now intends to launch flights from Hanoi to Berlin via Kazakhstan’s largest city in March 2027.
  • Kyrgyz airlines transport 1.12 million passengers in eight months. This represents a modest 1.5% increase compared to the same period last year. For the full year 2025, Kyrgyz carriers transported a record 1.76 million passengers, a 33% surge.
  • Uzbekistan Airways Technics secures continued EASA Part-145 approval. With this in hand MRO provider retains authorization for both Line and Base Maintenance across narrowbody and widebody aircraft types, as well as some component maintenance and NDT.
  • Kazakhstan’s flag carrier to launch direct Almaty–Tokyo flights with A321LR. Air Astana will commence twice-weekly Almaty–Narita service on 30 November. The flights will be operated jointly with Japan Airlines under a codeshare agreement.
  • Uzbekistan Airways–Kam Air interline opens Kabul–Eurasia connections. Uzbekistan’s national airline, and Afghanistan’s Kam Air, have signed an interline agreement. The pact covers 15 key Uzbekistan Airways destinations: Europe and business centers, Asia and leisure, as well as Russia.
  • Kyrgyzstan taps foreign carriers for Asian resort routes. Uzbeki carrier Qanot Sharq will launch flights from Bishkek to Phuket, Vietnam, while Kazakhstani airline SCAT will operate flights to the Chinese resort island of Sanya. These routes will require granting the airlines fifth or seventh freedom of the air rights.
  • Number of routes between Kazakhstan and Oman to increase to three. Air Astana is launching scheduled flights on two new routes to Oman: Almaty–Salalah and Astana–Salalah.These services will complement LCC SalamAir’s existing Almaty–Muscat route.
  • New business lounge opens at Tashkent Airport. The project at Uzbekistan’s prime gateway was delivered by SKYSERV in partnership with Visa and DragonPass.
  • MRO event in Astana highlights regional maintenance demand. MRO Central Asia: Kazakhstan conference and exhibition brought together 300+ delegates representing 146 companies and organizations from 26 countries.

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