BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

13/08/2007

Ashgabat and Minsk open regular air services

The direct air services between the capitals of Turkmenistan and Belarus were opened yesterday by Ashgabat-Minsk flight on the Boeing-737-800 air carries of the Turkmen airlines. The new flight has become twelfth passenger route from the International airport in Ashgabat.

As the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports, from now on a comfortable carrier accommodating 160 passengers will fly between the two capitals once a week - on Saturdays. The flight time will be 5 hours.

According to the State national service "Turkmenhovayollary" the main passengers are state employees, businessmen and students. Turkmen Airlines' potential clients will be attracted by the suitable geographic location of Minsk; the Baltic and East European states, Ukraine and dozens of Russian oblasts are nearby. It should be noted that tourist firms have alreade displayed their interest in the new route.

Source:

http://www.turkmenistan.ru/?page_id=3&lang_id=en&elem_id=10760&type=event&sort=date_desc