Uzbekistan agrees with Kazakhstan and China to raise flight limits

For the Tashkent – Almaty and Tashkent – Astana routes, the limit will be raised from 42 to 60 flights per week on each route. On other routes between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the permitted frequency will increase from 14 to 20 flights per week. With China, the parties agreed on an increase from 100 to 114 regular flights per week.

Negotiations between aviation authorities took place in Tashkent on November 3–5 as part of the third meeting of the Central Asia – China (C5+1) civil aviation working group. According to the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan, the Uzbek-Kazakh talks were led by Saltanat Tompiyeva, chairwoman of the Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan, and Jamoliddin Nazarov, head of the air transport department of the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by aviation administrations and airlines from six countries, including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. They discussed the implementation of the agreement to establish the "Air Silk Road", the liberalization of the air transport market, the convergence of legislation, and flight safety.

As Gazeta.uz notes, this concerns the permitted number of flights, not a new schedule: the ministry did not specify when the new limits will take effect, which carriers will receive additional frequencies, or which routes will see flights. The next, fourth meeting of the working group is scheduled for 2027 in Kyrgyzstan.