Uzbekistan Airways flight HY-5304, which arrived from Jeddah with the first 245 pilgrims on board, landed on June 12 at 17:30 local time at Tashkent International Airport.
According to the press service of Uzbekistan Airports, the pilgrims who arrived in the renovated arrivals area of the capital's airport were greeted by relatives and friends. Groups of pilgrims from the regions will be waiting for special buses on the access line.
A total of 62 flights from Jeddah to Tashkent, Namangan, Karshi, Samarkand, Bukhara, Urgench and Nukus are scheduled from June 12 to 30, with 15,150 pilgrims returning from the Hajj.
Since December, Kazakhstan's SCAT Airlines has been launching direct flights from Turkestan's Hazret Sultan International Airport (HSA) to three cities in Uzbekistan - Urgench, Bukhara and Samarkand.
Within the framework of the International Aviation and Logistics Forum held in Tashkent, negotiations were held between the Chairman of the Board of Uzbekistan Airports, Javlonbek Umarkhodjayev, and the Director of Baku International Airport, Teymur Hasanov.
On October 15, 2025, Uzbekistan Airports, Urgench International Airport and Incheon International Airport Corporation (South Korea) signed a public-private partnership agreement for the modernization and management of Urgench International Airport in Tashkent, which became a logical continuation of the earlier tender.
Navoi International Airport served the first flight of the Mongolian cargo airline MIAT Mongolian Airlines Cargo, which became part of the expanding cooperation between Uzbekistan and Mongolia in the field of transportation.
In the first six months of 2025, five passengers died during air travel in Uzbekistan. All cases occurred on board the aircraft before arrival at the destination. This is reported by the press service of Uzbekistan Airports JSC.
Uzbekistan's airports continue to actively use biomethod to prevent bird collisions with aircraft. One of the most effective and humane methods of ornithological control remains the use of trained predators - falcons.
After the successful launch of Beijing - Tashkent - Beijing flights, Air China continues to expand its route network in Uzbekistan by opening a new direct flight service in the direction of Urumqi - Tashkent - Urumqi.
