DUSHANBE, 15.12.2018. (NIAT Khovar) – Nordwind Airlines has been granted permission to operate flights connecting Moscow to Bokhtar (earlier Kurgan-Tube) and is expected to launch its first flight later this month.

“The service will launch on December 20, and will operate three times a week,” said the Deputy Director of the Civil Aviation Agency of Tajikistan Aziz Nabizoda.

“The flights are expected to eventually run every day,” he added.

The Russian airline has direct flights connecting Moscow to 75 different cities of of the world.

“Tickets can be purchased within the territories of Russia, Tajikistan, as well as at nordwindairlines.ru,” reported the airline.

Bokhtar is the third biggest city in Tajikistan and is located approximately 100 kilometers away from the capital.