Somon Air


Somon Air is the first private airline in Tajikistan headquartered in Dushanbe and based at Dushanbe International Airport.

History

The airline started operating on 5 February 2008 with regular flights to Moscow. Somon Air also serves as the official carrier of President of the Republic of Tajikistan and other Tajikistan high-ranking officials. Since its formation, Somon Air has been primarily focused on passenger service and transportation to Eastern Europe and other locations.

Destinations

Somon Air flies to following destinations as of January 2020:
CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
KabulHamid Karzai International Airport
ÜrümqiÜrümqi Diwopu International Airport
FrankfurtFrankfurt Airport
DelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport
AlmatyAlmaty International Airport
LahoreAllama Iqbal International Airport
IrkutskInternational Airport Irkutsk
KazanKazan International Airport
Khanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk Airport
KrasnodarPashkovsky Airport
KrasnoyarskYemelyanovo International Airport
MoscowMoscow Domodedovo Airport
MoscowZhukovsky International Airport
NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk Airport
NovosibirskTolmachevo Airport
OrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny Airport
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport
SochiAdler-Sochi International Airport
SurgutSurgut International Airport
TyumenTyumen Airport
YekaterinburgKoltsovo International Airport
JeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport
DushanbeDushanbe International Airport
KhujandKhujand Airport
KulobKulob Airport
IstanbulIstanbul Airport
SimferopolSimferopol International Airport
DubaiDubai International Airport
BukharaBukhara International Airport
TashkentTashkent International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

The Somon Air fleet comprises the following aircraft :

Fleet development

Somon Air signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase a Boeing 787-8 at the 2018 Dubai Air Show for further fleet development. This has not yet been taken up. The company still hopes to launch wide-body flights this year with a 767-300ER. The airline is considering the purchase of four Embraer 190-E2, to replace older Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. The airline planned to commence service of the new Embraers by the end of 2018, but by September 2019 there had been no further announcement. In November, 2019 Somon Air signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Airbus group of companies under which the airline intends to acquire helicopters and the latest Airbus family aircraft from direct manufacturer.