{"id":87677,"date":"2026-10-22T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87677"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:55:16","slug":"uzbekistan-airways-to-increase-tashkent-islamabad-flights-to-three-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/22\/uzbekistan-airways-to-increase-tashkent-islamabad-flights-to-three-weekly\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan Airways to increase Tashkent\u2013Islamabad flights to three weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Additional service from October 26 to boost tourism, business travel and connectivity between Pakistan and Uzbekistan<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Uzbekistan Airways, the national airline of Uzbekistan, will introduce additional scheduled flights between Tashkent and Islamabad from October 26, increasing services on the route to three times a week.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The airline currently operates flights between Tashkent and Islamabad twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Under the revised schedule, flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The additional services aim to expand passenger capacity between Uzbekistan and Pakistan while providing greater convenience for tourists, business travellers and transit passengers. The revised schedule will offer greater flexibility in travel planning and create further opportunities to strengthen business, tourism and cultural ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The new flights are expected to contribute to an increase in Pakistani tourists visiting Uzbekistan, promote pilgrimage tourism and raise international awareness of the country&#8217;s rich historical and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Improved air connectivity will make it easier for visitors to explore Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, historic cities along the Great Silk Road. The enhanced schedule is also expected to reinforce Tashkent&#8217;s role as a regional transport hub, facilitating tourist trips to other Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In 2025, more than 20,000 tourists from Pakistan visited Uzbekistan. During the first nine months of 2026, the number approached 20,000, highlighting the considerable potential for further growth in tourism between the two countries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Increasing flight frequency on the Tashkent\u2013Islamabad route is expected to strengthen transport connectivity, encourage two-way tourism and expand trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, eight scheduled flights operate between Uzbekistan and Pakistan each week. Four services operate on the Tashkent\u2013Lahore route, while two connect Tashkent and Islamabad, alongside services between Tashkent and Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>With the introduction of the additional service, the total number of scheduled flights between Uzbekistan and Pakistan will rise to nine per week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional service from October 26 to boost tourism, business travel and connectivity between Pakistan and Uzbekistan ISLAMABAD: Uzbekistan Airways, the national airline of Uzbekistan, will introduce additional scheduled flights between Tashkent and Islamabad from October 26, increasing services on the route to three times a week. The airline currently operates flights between Tashkent and Islamabad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87679,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87677\/revisions\/87679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}