Tourism in Tajikistan - Airlines of Tajikistan, Tajik Air, Somon Air, East Air, Samar Airlines (Paperback)

Chapters: Airlines of Tajikistan, Tajik Air, Somon Air, East Air, Samar Airlines. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tajik Air (Tajikistan Airlines) is the national airline of the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan. It is based in Dushanbe Airport, and retains a secondary focus point at Khujand's Khudzhand Airport The company started operations in September 3, 1924 as Tajik Aviation. Its first route was Bukhara to Dushanbe, served by Junkers F.13 aircraft . It is the seventh oldest airline still in operation. Boeing 757 operated by Tajikistan Airlines. In March 1937 the company was reorganised as the Tajik Territorial Civil Air Fleet Administration (TTCAFA). In 1945 it received Junkers Ju-52 and new Lisunov Li-2 aircraft, the first flight with the latter was operated on the Stalinabad (now Dushanbe) - Moscow route. In 1951 it added its first Antonov An-2, and in 1952 an Ilyushin Il-12 joined the fleet and launched Stalinabad - Sochi services. Between 1956 and 1964 TTCAFA added the Mil Mi-4 helicopter, Ilyushin Il-14, Ilyushin Il-18 and the Antonov An-6 which was an advanced version of the An-2 capable of flying at a higher altutide. In 1956 an An-6 of TTCAFA piloted by Vorobiyev B.M landed on the frozen Lake Sarez for the first time. The first jet aircraft joined the airline in the 1970s, these included the Tupolev Tu-154 and Yakovlev Yak-40, as well as Antonov An-26 and Antonov An-28 turboprops. By 1988 TTCAFA was changed to Tajik Civil Aviation Administration (TCAA) incorporating new management and planning conditions. The new company received first honours in the USSR as far as efficient usage of the An-28 and Yak-40 was concerned. In 1990 and 1991 the fleet was expanded further with addition of new aircraft and helicopters, including Ilyush...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1594093