Uzbek Airline Qanot Sharq Cuts Flights to Russia

Uzbek airline Qanot Sharq has announced a reduction in flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg from January 20 to March 6 due to scheduled maintenance of its Airbus A320 fleet.

Some flights to Moscow (Domodedovo) from Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Namangan and Fergana, as well as to St. Petersburg (Pulkovo) from Samarkand and Namangan will be temporarily suspended, The Caspian Post reports, citing 24.kg news portal.

In addition, some flights between Tashkent and Samarkand will be canceled from January 22 to March 5.

Earlier, several foreign airlines suspended flights to Russia amid the investigation into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) passenger plane. The crash near the Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25 killed 38 people, 29 survived.