Turkmenistan Airlines can open passenger flights to the countries of East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. This was stated by the Chairman of the Agency "Turkmenhowayollary" Dovran Saburov today, during a speech at the international forum ITTC-2023 in Ashgabat, Orient reports.

So, Seoul (Republic of Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Milan (Italy), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi (Vietnam) in the future may be available for direct flights from Ashgabat without transfers.

Dovran Saburov noted that, despite the instability around the world, in 2023 an overall increase in passenger traffic is expected by 168,7% compared to 2021, and by 136,3% compared to 2022. The expected growth in cargo transportation will be 155.4% compared to 2021, and 112,7% compared to last year.

Commenting on flights to new countries, the head of the Turkmenhowayollary Agency said that it is also planned to launch new cargo flights to Milan (Italy), Tokyo (Japan) and Hong Kong (China). This year, the cargo fleet of Turkmenistan Airlines has been replenished with two Airbus A330-200P2F aircraft, which will allow the airline to continue to actively develop and expand its network of international cargo routes. Airbus aircraft have already successfully launched cargo flights to Asia-Europe to countries such as the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, China, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Germany, France and the Czech Republic. It is expected that the cargo turnover will increase to 60 thousand tons per year.

More than 700 million USD was invested by the state to implement the goals and projects of the national air carrier.