DUSHANBE , February 3, Asia-Plus -- First flight Istanbul-Dushanbe was conducted by Turkish national air carrier “Turk Hava Yollari” today.  Turkish airlines’ Boeing-737 with only 14 passengers aboard landed at the Dushanbe airport today morning.  

Ms. Sonya Schlider, passenger of this flight, told Asia-Plus that the flight lasted fours hours and the service was of high quality.  “Over the past three years, I have flying to different countries but it was my first flight by the plane of “Turkish Airlines, and I liked its service,” she said.   

Asked about a small number of passengers, one of officials with the Dushanbe airport has told Asia-Plus that people were not well aware of the new flight, “that is why few passengers were aboard.”  According to him, on return flight to Istanbul Boeing 737 took some 20 passengers aboard.  ”

We will recall that the test flight was conducted on January 27.  The flight Istanbul-Dushanbe-Istanbul conducted by the Tajik national airlines is once-weekly service.  One-way ticket costs US$379.00 and the round trip ticket costs US$665.00.