Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 30 August, on the eve of the Independence Day celebration, Uzbekistan Airways switched to a hybrid model of air transportation, within which Uzbekistan Airways Express performed its first flight from Tashkent to Moscow at discounted prices.

Uzbekistan Airways Express together with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan presented 22 one-time free air tickets on the Tashkent-Moscow route to migrant passengers.

Uzbekistan Airways Express will focus on intra-republican and interregional transportation on 4 Airbus A320 aircraft, arranged in "full economy". Flights are planned to such cities as Moscow, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Yekaterinburg, Aktau and Aktobe.