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The airline will operate flights on this route every Monday, and from 16 November on Thursdays as well.
Uzbekistan Airways stressed that air tickets on the new route were sold almost immediately, as the demand for flights to Turkey has always been very high.
The airplane Boeing 757 of Uzbekiston Havo Yollari with 177 passengers on board departed from Samarkand to Istanbul.
Flights from Samarkand to Istanbul and back will be performed on comfortable Boeing and Airbus aircraft, the airline said.