Tajik Air

Infobox Airline
airline = Tajik Air

logo_size = 250
fleet_size = 29
destinations = 12
IATA = 7J
ICAO = TZK
callsign = TAJIKISTAN
parent = Government of Tajikistan
company_slogan =
founded = September 3, 1924
headquarters = Dushanbe, Tajikistan
key_people = Teejana Beenessreesingh (CEO)
hubs = Dushanbe Airport
secondary_hubs = Khudzhand Airport
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.tajikair.tj/

Tajik Air formerly known as Tajikistan Airlines is the national airline of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. It is based in Dushanbe Airport and is currently the only airline of Tajikistan, serving international and domestic destinations.

Tajik Air is one of the oldest airlines in the world and first Islamic World airline operator.

History

Its first route was Bukhara to Dushanbe, served by Junkers F.13 aircraft. Fact|date=February 2007 Tajik Air has faced intense competition from rivals in the area, which has worsened since the Tajikistan aviation sector was deregulated in September 2006. The airline carried only 320,000 passengers in the first nine months of 2006, a notable fall over 2005. To try to overcome the decline, the airline, with assistance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is undertaking a technical study of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft [Airliner World, February 2007] .

It was established on September 3, 1924.

Destinations

Tajik Air serve the following (as of October 2007):

Asia

;Central AsiaKazakhstan
*Almaty (Almaty International Airport)Kyrgyzstan
*Bishkek (Manas International Airport)Tajikistan
*Dushanbe (Dushanbe Airport) Hub
*Khudzhand (Khudzhand Airport)

;East AsiaChina
*Ürümqi (Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport)

;Southwest AsiaIran
*Tehran (Imam Khomeini International Airport)United Arab Emirates
*Sharjah (Sharjah International Airport)

Europe

;Eastern EuropeRussia
*Moscow (Domodedovo International Airport)
*Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo Airport)
*Samara (Kurumoch International Airport)
*St.Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
*Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo Airport);Southern EuropeTurkey
*Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)

Fleet

The Tajik Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 5 August 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=TJK&al_op=1] :

*3 Antonov An-24RV Coke
*1 Antonov An-26 Curl
*3 Antonov An-28 Cash
*3 Boeing 737-200 (operated by Eastok Avia)
*2 Boeing 757-200
**(1 operated by VIM Airlines)
**(2nd aircraft due soon, seen here in Atlanta (USA) [http://www.opshots.net/gallery2/index.php?page=photos&id=10539] )
*3 Tupolev Tu-134A Crusty
*4 Tupolev Tu-154B2
*4 Tupolev Tu-154M (one operated for Taban Air)
*7 Yakovlev Yak-40 Codling

External links

* [http://www.tajikair.tj/ Tajik Air]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=TJK&al_op=1 Tajik Air Fleet]

References