Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Uzbekistan Airways outlined plans for cargo and passenger transportation.

For 2021, it is planned to carry 1,933 thousand passengers and 42.5 thousand tons of cargo (including paid baggage and mail), completing 12,268 flights, Uzbek Minister of Transport Ilkhom Makhkamov said in response to the parliamentary request of the Legislative Chamber regarding the improvement of the transport and logistics system.

In order to increase the volume of cargo transportation this year, it is planned to implement new flights Tashkent - Hong Kong - Tashkent - Tel Aviv - Tashkent and Tashkent - Hong Kong - Tashkent - Kiev - Tashkent. According to preliminary estimates, revenue will increase by US$5.8 million.

It was noted that in 2020 Uzbekistan Airways carried 41.7 thousand tons of cargo, which is 1.45 times more than in 2019. In order to increase the volume of cargo flights, additional charter agreements were signed last year in the directions of Istanbul, Urumqi, Ostrava, Shanghai, Seoul, Delhi, Shijiazhuang, Liege.