Tashkent International Airport, the country's main gateway, unquestionably takes the lead among other airports in Uzbekistan. Modern airliners of Uzbekistan Airways leave the airport for European, Asian and American countries as well as many CIS cities. Tashkent International Airport completely meets international standards and the ICAO requirements and receives all the types of aircraft. Following a complete overhaul the passenger terminal for international flights provides a maximum level of convenience and services for passengers. It can serve up to one thousand passengers per hour and services over twenty million passengers annually. The air terminal complex also includes a separate terminal for transit passengers and all the required services.
The Tashkent International Airport offers:
- Spacious and comfortable lounges;
- Customs and passport control (twenty-four hour);
- The Inquiries service;
- Convenient and fast reception of luggage;
- International phone communication;
- Booking offices;
- Duty free shops;
- Restaurants and bars;
- Currency exchange office;
- VIP hall;
- CIP hall.
On the third floor there are foreign airlines offices including the British Airways, the Asian Airways, the Aeroflot and others conveniently located for customers. Well thought-over layout solutions are reflected in the spacious and well illuminated departure galleries from where the passengers board the planes through telescopic boarding ramps. The local terminal is also supplied with modern equipment. You can get to the ancient cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, and other regions of the republic from the terminal. At present the country's main airport services the aircraft of over thirty foreign airlines. Scores of them are refueled here every day.
