Tajikistan’s privately owned air carrier, Somon Air, I expected to operate flights from Dushanbe to Iran’s capital, Tehran, beginning on January 31.

According to the established schedule, the airline will operate once-weekly service on this air route on Fridays, starting from February 10.         

To operate the Dushanbe-Tehran, Somon Air will use Boeing 7370-800 and Boeing 737-900 planes.  

Somon Air is the first private airline in Tajikistan with an office headquartered in Dushanbe.  The airline operations are based at Dushanbe International Airport.  The airline started operating on February 5, 2008 with regular flights to Moscow and Dubai.  Somon Air also serves as the official carrier of President of the Republic of Tajikistan and other Tajikistan high-ranking officials.

Somon Air is a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).  Somon Air's fleet consists of Boeing 737-800 and 737-900 family aircraft. The company is focused on expanding the route network of air transportation and the fleet, and currently operates regular flights from Tajikistan to Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Turkiye, China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.