ISLAMABAD: Uzbekistan Airways, the national airline of Uzbekistan, will increase the frequency of its flights between Tashkent and Islamabad from October 26, introducing a revised schedule to enhance air connectivity between Pakistan and Uzbekistan.Currently operating twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays, the airline will revise its schedule to operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, offering passengers greater flexibility in planning their journeys.
The additional service is expected to facilitate travel for tourists, business travellers and transit passengers while strengthening bilateral tourism, trade, cultural and economic ties between the two countries.The revised schedule is also expected to boost tourism from Pakistan to Uzbekistan, particularly pilgrimage tourism, while providing easier access to the historic Silk Road cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Improved connectivity through Tashkent will also create opportunities for Pakistani travellers to explore other Central Asian destinations.More than 20,000 Pakistani tourists visited Uzbekistan in 2025, while nearly 20,000 visited during the first nine months of the current year, highlighting the growing potential for tourism cooperation between the two countries.Currently, eight scheduled flights operate between Uzbekistan and Pakistan each week, including four flights on the Tashkent–Lahore route, two on the Tashkent–Islamabad route, and services connecting Tashkent with Karachi.
With the introduction of the additional service, the total number of scheduled weekly flights between the two countries will rise to nine, further strengthening air links and promoting people-to-people exchanges.The increased flight frequency is expected to contribute to stronger bilateral relations by facilitating tourism, business travel and broader cooperation between Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
