Aeroflot launches direct regular flights from Moscow (Sheremetyevo) to the cities of Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara, and Urgench.  

Flights will be operated by Rossiya Airlines on domestically produced Superjet 100 aircraft. On 2 May, flights to Samarkand will begin, on 11 May, flights to Bukhara, on 13 May, flights to Urgench.

Following the launch of direct flights from Moscow, flights from Sochi to Samarkand will be cancelled from 2 May, from Sochi to Bukhara from 10 May, and from Sochi to Urgench from 13 May.