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JSC Uzbekistan Airways,[1] operating as Uzbekistan Airways,Template:Efn is the flag carrier of Uzbekistan,[2] headquartered in Tashkent.[3] From its hub at Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport, the airline serves a number of domestic destinations; the company also flies international services to Asia, Europe and North America.

History

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Uzbek President Islam Karimov in 1992 authorised the creation of Uzbekistan Airways. The airline was established on 28 January 1992,[4] and took over the operations of the Uzbekistan division of Aeroflot on 31 May 1992.[5] In 1993, Uzbekistan Airways acquired its first two Airbus A310-300s.[6] The two A310s were counted as part of the fleet at March 1995Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., along with Ukrainian and Russian-built aircraft (25 Antonov An-24/26s, one Ilyushin Il-62, 13 Ilyushin Il-76s, one Ilyushin Il-86, 23 Tupolev Tu-154, and three Yakovlev Yak-40s). By this time, the airline was still the sole operator in the country.[7] In late 1995, the carrier ordered its first Boeing aircraft: two Boeing 767-300ERs and a single Boeing 757.[8]

Uzbekistan Airways was the launch customer for the Ilyushin Il-114; it took delivery of the first, locally assembled aircraft, in July 1998.[9][10] In June 1998, the airline took delivery of the last-built Airbus A310 ever (msn. 706, reg. UK-31003).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Two more Boeing 757-200s were directly ordered from Boeing in April 1999.[11] Late in 1999, the company took ownership of the first of these two 184-seater Boeing 757-200.[12]

By Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the airline had 16,296 employees. At this time, its fleet comprised three Airbus A310-300s, three Antonov An-12s, one Antonov An-24, 18 Antonov An-24Bs, three Antonov An-24RVs, three Boeing 757-200s, two Boeing 767-300ERs, three Avro RJ85s, four Ilyushin Il-114s, two Ilyushin Il-62s, six Ilyushin Il-62Ms, ten Ilyushin Il-76Ts, nine Ilyushin Il-86s, 15 Tupolev Tu-154Bs, two Tupolev Tu-154Ms and 19 Yakovlev Yak-40s. Destinations served at the time included Almaty, Amsterdam, Andizhan, Ashgabat, Athens, Baku, Bangkok, Beijing, Bishkek, Bukhara, Chelyabinsk, Delhi, Dhaka, Ekaterinburg, Fergana, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karshi, Kazan, Khabarovsk, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Namangan, New York, Novosibirsk, Nukus, Omsk, Paris, Riyadh, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Samarkand, Seoul, Sharjah, Simferopol, St. Petersburg, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, Termez, Tyumen, Ufa and Urgench.[4] Two more Boeing 767-300ERs, equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 powerplants, were ordered in 2001.[13]

Uzbekistan Airways carried 2.625 million passengers in 2014, a 1.9% decrease year-on-year (YOY), whereas 4.6% more cargo was handled YOY.[14]

Destinations

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Codeshare agreements

Uzbekistan Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[16][17]

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Interline agreements

Uzbekistan Airways has interline agreements with the following airlines:[16]

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Fleet

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Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A320neo
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Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 767-300ER
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Uzbekistan Airways Boeing 787-8

Current fleet

since November 2025Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the airline operates the following aircraft:[25]

Uzbekistan Airways Fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers[26] Notes
J Y Total
Airbus A320-200 9 — 12 138 150[27]
Airbus A320neo 10 — 12 138 150
Airbus A321LR 5 — 16 172 188[28]
Airbus A321neo — 14[29] TBA
Boeing 767-300ER 6 — 15 232 247
18 246 264
Boeing 787-8 7 — 24 222 246
246 270[30]
Boeing 787-9 — 22 TBA [31][32]
Let L-410 Turbolet 4[33] — — 19 19 [34][35][36]
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Boeing 767-300BCF 2 —
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Total 45 36

Additionally, the airline operates two Airbus A320s in VIP configuration and one Pilatus PC-24.[25]

Fleet development

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An Ilyushin Il-114 on approach to Tashkent Airport. Uzbekistan Airways was the launch customer of the type.[9]
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An Airbus A310-300 arriving in Rome in 2010. This type of aircraft was first acquired by the airline in 1993.[6] Uzbekistan Airways retired the type from active service in Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[37]

In mid 2007, the carrier ordered six Airbus A320s; by that time the fleet was 55 strong, comprising ten different aircraft models; the Russian-built Yakovlev Yak-40 was among them.[38] Also that year, the airline ordered two Boeing 787-8s.[39][40]

In late 2008, the company ordered four Boeing 767-300ERs in a Template:US$ million deal,[41][42] and the A320 order was boosted to ten aircraft.[43][44] The airline took delivery of its first A320 in Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".; the type started operations servicing the Tashkent–Baku route.[27] The first of four Boeing 767-300ERs ordered in 2008 was delivered in Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., coinciding with the carrier's 20th anniversary.[45] Also in 2012, the airline retired the An-24 from active service.[46] It was announced in Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". that the Islamic Development Bank signed a deal for Template:US$ million with the Government of Uzbekistan that will be partly (Template:US$ million) used to finance the acquisition of two Boeing aircraft, yet the type involved was not disclosed.[47] In Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the Airbus A310 was retired from active service.[37]

The carrier ordered the Boeing 767-300ER for the first time in 1995.[8] It decided to convert two of the oldest Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters subsequently. Conversion of the first aircraft was completed in Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[48][49] In late Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the second converted aircraft arrived in Tashkent.[50]

Uzbekistan Airways received its first Boeing 787-8 in late August 2016.[51] The Business Class on the 787 features the first fully flat seats of the carrier.[52]

In 2023, the carrier ordered two Let 410UVPs with an option for further two of these aircraft; the first of them was delivered in June 2023.[53][54] The airline operated with Airbus A330 aircraft in 2023 under wet-lease from Qanot Sharq.[55]

Retired fleet

Uzbekistan Airways previously operated the following aircraft:

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Accidents and incidents

According to the Aviation Safety Network, since January 2013Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the airline experienced eight accidents and incidents throughout its history, totalling 54 reported fatalities;[57] only those involving fatalities and hull-losses are listed below.

Date Location Aircraft Tail number Fatalities Description of the event Refs
Template:Dts Nukus, Uzbekistan Antonov An-2R UK-33058 Un­known Crashed Script error: No such module "convert". away from the city under undisclosed circumstances. [58]
Template:Dts Turtkul, Uzbekistan Yakovlev Yak-40 UK-87848 Template:Nts/33 The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Turtkul passenger service when it struck power lines, gear-up, after a second go-around at Turtkul Airport. It belly landed, and slid for some Script error: No such module "convert"., before coming to rest close to an embankment. [59][60]
Template:Dts Tashkent, Uzbekistan Yakovlev Yak-40 UK-87985 Template:Nts/37 The airplane was completing a domestic scheduled Termez–Tashkent passenger service as Flight 1154 when it landed more than Script error: No such module "convert". past the runway threshold at Tashkent Airport. As the aircraft continued its run, the right wing struck a concrete building. Moments later the left wing was lost. The aircraft hit a concrete wall that caused the airframe to break up, eventually coming to rest into a ditch and catching fire. [60][61]
Template:Dts Aranchi, Uzbekistan Antonov An-2TP UK-70152 Template:Nts/15 Crashed amid bad weather, on approach to the Aranchi airfield, while operating a military training flight. [62][63]
Template:Dts Zarafshan, Uzbekistan Antonov An-24RV UK-46658 Template:Nts Premature retraction of the undercarriage during the takeoff run at Zarafshan Airport. [64]

See also

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Notes

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References

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