Air Company Somon Air LLC (Russian and Tajik: Сомон Эйр) is a private airline in Tajikistan headquartered in Dushanbe"Main ." Somon Air. Retrieved on 27 February 2012. "Contacts: 40, Titova Str. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 734012 " - Russian: "734012, Таджикистан, Душанбе, ул. Титов, 40" and based at Dushanbe International Airport.
History The airline started operating on 5 February 2008 with regular flights to Moscow. Somon Air also serves as the official carrier of President of the Republic of Tajikistan and other Tajikistan high-ranking officials. Since its formation, Somon Air has been primarily focused on passenger service and transportation to Eastern Europe and other locations. Most flights to international destinations operate from Dushanbe.
In early August 2009, Somon Air joined IATA's (International Air Transport Association) IATA Billing and Settlement Plan. As of January 2013, the airline participates in 14 BSP countries. BSP is a settlement system designed to simplify the selling, reporting and remitting procedures between passenger sales agents and airlines globally. In April 2013, Somon Air jointed the IATA Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement (MITA). The IATA Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement (MITA) is an agreement where passengers and cargo use a standard traffic document on various transportation modes to reach the final destination on a particular routing.
In June 2013, Somon Air became a member of IATA Clearing House which provides a service for settling of interline accounts, airline-associated companies and travel partners.
In September 2017, Somon Air obtained IATA membership and is working on signing interline agreements with some of major airlines from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe and Asia.
In July 2019, Somon Air opened an aviation training center for aviation specialists at its headquarters in Dushanbe.
On 18 December 2019, Somon Air received the award "Brand of the Year 2019" bestowed by the Republic of Tajikistan.
On 30 August 2022, Somon Air received the first of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
On 8 September 2022, the airline received its second Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Destinations Somon Air flies to following destinations as of June 2022:
Country City Airport NotesRefsAfghanistanKabulKabul International AirportSomon destinations mentionedBelarusMinskMinsk National Airport ChinaÜrümqiÜrümqi Tianshan International Airport GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport GermanyMunichMunich Airport IndiaDelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport IranTehranImam Khomeini International Airport KazakhstanAlmatyAlmaty International Airport AstanaNursultan Nazarbayev International Airport KyrgyzstanBishkekManas International Airport PakistanIslamabadIslamabad International Airport QatarDohaHamad International Airport RussiaIrkutskInternational Airport IrkutskKazanĞabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport Khanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk AirportKrasnodarKrasnodar International AirportKrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk International Airport MakhachkalaUytash AirportMoscowMoscow Domodedovo Airport Vnukovo International AirportZhukovsky International Airport NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportNovosibirskTolmachevo Airport OrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny AirportSaint PetersburgPulkovo Airport SamaraKurumoch International Airport SochiAdler-Sochi International Airport SurgutFarman Salmanov Surgut Airport TyumenRoshchino AirportYekaterinburgKoltsovo International Airport Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport TajikistanDushanbeDushanbe International AirportKhujandKhujand AirportKulobKulob Airport TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Airport TrabzonTrabzon Airport UkraineSimferopolSimferopol International AirportUnited Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport UzbekistanBukharaBukhara International Airport TashkentTashkent International Airport
Codeshare and Interline agreements Somon Air currently has a codeshare and interline agreement with Asiana Airlines.https://demo.somonair.com/tj/view/news/content?news=61#:~:text=Somon%20Air%20CEO%20Sukhrob%20Dzhuraev,to%20expand%20our%20route%20map%22.
Fleet
Current fleet , Somon Air operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/boeing-737-max-maakt-opwachting-in-tadzjikistan-somon-air-eerste-klant
+ Somon Air fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotesJYTotalBoeing 737-8004——189189Boeing 737-900ER2—16168184Boeing 737 MAX 82 Второй самолёт Boeing 737-8 MAX «Сомон Эйр» поступил в Таджикистан11TBADeliveries from 2026. Leased from DAE Capital. Named Abu Ali ibn Sino and Rudaki.Boeing 787-9—4TBATotal616
Fleet development Somon Air signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase a Boeing 787-8 at the 2018 Dubai Air Show for further fleet development. This has not yet been firmed. The company still hoped to launch wide-body flights that year with a 767-300ER. The airline was considering the purchase of four Embraer 190-E2, to replace older Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. The airline planned to commence service of the new Embraer aircraft by the end of 2018, but by September 2019, there had been no further announcement. In November 2019, Somon Air signed a memorandum of understanding with the Airbus group of companies under which the airline intended to acquire helicopters and the latest Airbus family aircraft directly from the manufacturer.
In 2025, Boeing and Somon Air announced that the Tajik carrier had placed its largest-ever order for 14 aircraft. The airline ordered Boeing 787-9 widebody aircraft and up to 10 Boeing 737-8 narrowbody aircraft.Somon Air получила первый самолет Boeing-737-8 MAX
On 27 July 2026, the company's fleet replenished the first Boeing 737 MAX 8., followed by the second, named Rudaki, on 12 September 2026.
References
External links
Official website