Uzbekistan Airways to increase Islamabad flights to three weekly from October 26

Uzbekistan Airways plans to raise its Tashkent-Islamabad service from two flights a week to three starting October 26, Profit by Pakistan Today reported. The revised Islamabad schedule will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, replacing Tuesday and Saturday departures. With the added flight, scheduled weekly services linking Pakistan and Uzbekistan will total nine, up from eight.

The additional service comes as the airline operates four weekly flights between Tashkent and Lahore, two to Islamabad, and other services to Karachi. Profit reported that more than 20,000 Pakistanis travelled to Uzbekistan in 2025, while nearly 20,000 made the trip in the first nine months of 2026. The expanded connections are intended to support tourism, business trips and transit via Tashkent, including travel to Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, as well as trade and cultural exchange.