The national air carrier Uzbekistan Airways will start flying to the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk on August 19, the company's press service reports.

Direct regular flights in the direction of Tashkent - Blagoveshchensk - Tashkent will be operated by Airbus A321neo aircraft every week - on Saturdays. The launch of the first flight is scheduled for August 19.

Flight schedule (local time):

• departure from Tashkent - 5:50, arrival in Blagoveshchensk - 16:00;
• departure from Blagoveshchensk - 19:00, arrival in Tashkent - 21:50.

The cost of a one-way ticket without luggage starts from 4.28 million soums ($369 at the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan), and a return ticket - from 7.22 million soums ($623).