Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A round table was held at the Tashkent airport with travel agencies working to receive foreign tourists. The purpose of the meeting was to find out the opinion of tour operators regarding the route network in the regions of the republic.

“As you know, by this day we have already received two aircraft, which are being “dressed” in our branded livery right now. We are waiting for the arrival of the third aircraft and in parallel we receive an air operator certificate. In April, we plan to open sales of air tickets for the first flights. And now, at the stage of forming the schedule, it is important for us to understand how we, as a regional air carrier, can help you in the development of tourism. Which directions are the most in demand, where today there is an acute lack of communication,” said Rano Juraeva, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekistan Airports.

The event was attended by about 25 travel agencies, whose representatives gave their suggestions on routes. To date, the most popular destinations for tour operators are: Tashkent - Samarkand, Samarkand - Termez, Samarkand - Urgench and Samarkand - Ferghana, as well as Bukhara - Urgench and Bukhara - Ferghana. In addition, representatives of travel agencies asked to pay attention to the time of departures and arrivals when forming the schedule - too early or vice versa too late flights are very inconvenient for tourists. The optimal departure time is 8 or 8:30 am. It is also important to integrate domestic flight schedules with international flight schedules to ensure convenient connections.

Representatives of the airport and the airline, in turn, agreed with many of the arguments of the tour operators and promised to take into account when approving the map of routes and flight schedules.