EABR will allocate $100 million to Somon Air for the purchase of two aircraft

The Eurasian Development Bank is working on providing Somon Air LLC with financing of $100 million for the acquisition of two Boeing 737 aircraft, the press service of this regional financial institution reported to Asia-Plus.

It is noted that currently, Somon Air operates its main passenger flights using six aircraft from the Boeing 737 family in various modifications.

Meanwhile, the press service of Somon Air informed Asia-Plus that the airline has plans to expand both its fleet and the geography of its flights according to its development strategy.

By 2026, the expansion of Somon Air’s flight geography is planned through new routes:

from Khujand in 2024 – to Jeddah, Dubai, Urumqi, and Istanbul;

from Dushanbe in 2024 – to Antalya, Riyadh, Sharm El Sheikh,

in 2025 – to Seoul, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Guangzhou, Tbilisi, Mashhad, Paris, Bangkok,

in 2026 – to New York, London, Beijing, Madrid, Vienna, Tel Aviv, Kyiv, Milan, Toronto, Warsaw.

Somon Air is the only operating airline in Tajikistan.

The state carrier Tajik Air is currently not operating due to financial difficulties. The market for passenger air transportation in Tajikistan also includes 10 foreign airlines, including five Russian carriers – Utair, Ural Airlines, Nordwind, S7 Airlines, Yamal, as well as airlines from Uzbekistan, the UAE, Turkey, and Iran.