Airlines and services Uzbekistan

Ourgentch airport welcomes the A 310 in direct flight from Paris during the tourist season (the Friday evening flight, which lands at Ourgentch on Saturday morning). Connections with all other airports in the country, but also with neighbouring countries as well as Russia and China. For tourists, the most interesting connections are those with Tashkent (up to three rotations a day). Count around 100 US$ for a trip to Tashkent and 65 US$ for Bukhara.

The airport is located 4 km from the city center. You can get there by bus No. 10, which runs nearby connecting the railway station and the bus station, or bus No. 19, which runs along the University Boulevard. Uzbekistan Airways operates regular flights to Tashkent. It takes less than 1 hour to fly. Daily flights to Tashkent except Monday and Wednesday and from Tashkent every day except Tuesday and Saturday.

Termez is connected two to three times a week by a domestic flight from Tashkent. There are no connections to other cities in Uzbekistan but rotations with Moscow. This solution is ideal if you have little time to spend in the south, but it deprives you of a very beautiful road and the passage through the iron gates. By car, you need to have time and count on 4h30 to 5h drive from Shahrisabz. The marshrutka 264 connects the city center to the airport.

Namangan is connected to Tashkent on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday by Uzbekistan Airways. The airport has undergone some very basic renovations, but don't expect to find any services there: there is no cafeteria, no ATM, no currency exchange office, and only cab drivers are on the lookout during the tourist season. Take a few steps outside before getting into a cab, you'll quickly win! Minibuses also run to the city center. For departures, take some time.

Tashkent International Airport is the largest in the country. It is located 12 km south of the city center. There are the offices of Uzbekistan Airways, a currency exchange office and some duty free stores. Tashkent is connected to Paris by one direct flight per week: on Tuesdays in the direction Paris-Tashkent and on Fridays in the direction Tashkent-Paris. The rest of the time, you will have to go through Turkey (the fastest) or through Moscow (count 9 hours).

Uzbekistan Airways operates several flights a week to Ferghana (on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays), but a good plan is to look out for flights on the Moscow-Tashkent-Ferghana route, which are often half-empty during the second part of the flight. Seats are sold out and Uzbeks sometimes pay the same price as for a taxi. With this in mind, arm yourself with courage and come to Tashkent airport at dawn. Schedules change regularly, but this flight mostly takes off very early from Tashkent.

The airport is 3 km north of the city centre, accessible by taxi or bus No. 3 which passes rue Al Khorezmi, near Hotel Ourgentch. Three daily flights connect Tashkent to Ourgentch, flights to Namangan once a week, and a weekly link also with Moscow and Paris during the tourist season.

Bukhara airport is 4 km from the city centre. One or two flights a day depending on the season connect Tashkent with Bukhara. The flight takes 1 hour and a half and is operated by modern aircraft. In Bukhara, Uzbekistan Airways has an office on Navoi Avenue, but it's easier to contact your B&B directly. They will be able to inform you about schedules and tell you how to make reservations and save you a lot of paperwork. There is also a ticket office at the airport, where you can take bus no. 10.

An agency of the Uzbek National Company is located 100 m away from the Kokand hotel.