Uzbekistan Airways has decided to postpone the creation of its own low-cost airline, First Deputy Chairman of the company Umid Khusanov said on Monday.
“Yes, we were planning to create a low-cost airline within the airline. We reviewed our plans and decided to hold back on the idea just yet. The plans are to develop a development strategy for Uzbekistan Airways,” Khusanov said, speaking at the Antimonopoly Committee.
The company announced plans to create a low-cost airline in early 2018, prior to the restructuring of Uzbekistan Airways. will be closed" in the same year.
Ealier this year the former Minister of Transport Elyor Ganiev announced the creation of at least 5-6 airlines in Uzbekistan within the next 2-3 years. According to him, "these are very concrete plans." However the pandemic seems to have messed up the plans.
In January 2020, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree according to which the new airline Humo Air was to be created in place of the State Enterprise- Airline for Special Aviation Works. 43 An-2 aircrafts, aircraft engines, flight simulators and other property were transferred to Humo Air.
