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Changi Airport Group exploring restarting direct flights between Singapore and Uzbekistan

June 01, 2025

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The Straits Times

Singapore airport officials are considering restarting direct flights to Uzbekistan as travel demand to the Central Asian country grows.

- Kok Yufeng

A spokeswoman for Changi Airport Group (CAG) told The Sunday Times on May 29 that the operator is in the early stages of exploring the resumption of services to Uzbekistan, and will provide more details when available.

Uzbekistan, she noted, has "strong destination appeal" and is experiencing burgeoning travel demand.

"Central Asia is a growing region that CAG is looking at developing direct flights to," she added.

Uzbekistan's state-owned airport operator, Uzbekistan Airports, said on May 20 that it had discussed the prospect of opening up a flight route between Singapore and Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital, with CAG representatives.

The operator added that CAG had expressed "high interest" in relaunching direct flights between the two cities amid growing interest in Uzbekistan as a tourist destination.

Particular attention was paid to Tashkent International Airport's role as a strategic transit point for passenger flows between Europe and Asia during the talks.

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