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Somon Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
SZ SMR SOMON AIR
Founded2007
Commenced operations
February 2008
HubsDushanbe International Airport
Focus citiesDushanbe, Khujand
Fleet size6
Destinations27
HeadquartersDushanbe, Tajikistan
Key peopleAbdulkosim Valiev (CEO)
Websitewww.somonair.com

Air Company Somon Air LLC (Russian and Tajik: Сомон Эйр) is a private airline in Tajikistan headquartered in Dushanbe[1] and based at Dushanbe International Airport.

History

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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.[2][3] Since its formation, Somon Air has been primarily focused on passenger service and transportation to Eastern Europe and other locations.[2][3] Most flights to international destinations operate from Dushanbe.[2][3]

In early August 2009, Somon Air joined IATA's (International Air Transport Association) IATA Billing and Settlement Plan.[2][3] 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.[3] 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.[2]

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.[2][3]

In September 2017, Somon Air obtained IATA membership[2][3] and is working on signing interline agreements with some of major airlines from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe and Asia.[2]

In July 2019, Somon Air opened an aviation training center for aviation specialists at its headquarters in Dushanbe.[citation needed]

On 18 December 2019, Somon Air received the award "Brand of the Year 2019" bestowed by the Republic of Tajikistan.[citation needed]

On 30 August 2022, Somon Air received the first of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft.[citation needed]

On 8 September 2022, the airline received its second Boeing 737-800 aircraft.[citation needed]

Destinations

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Somon Air flies to following destinations as of June 2022:[4]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
AfghanistanKabulKabul International AirportTerminated[5]
BelarusMinskMinsk National AirportBegins 29 August 2026[6]
ChinaÜrümqiÜrümqi Tianshan International Airport[7]
GeorgiaTbilisiTbilisi International Airport[8]
GermanyMunichMunich Airport[9]
IndiaDelhiIndira Gandhi International Airport[10][11]
IranTehranImam Khomeini International Airport[12][13]
KazakhstanAlmatyAlmaty International Airport[citation needed]
AstanaNursultan Nazarbayev International Airport[citation needed]
KyrgyzstanBishkekManas International Airport[14]
PakistanIslamabadIslamabad International Airport[citation needed]
QatarDohaHamad International Airport[15]
RussiaIrkutskInternational Airport IrkutskTerminated
KazanĞabdulla Tuqay Kazan International Airport
Khanty-MansiyskKhanty-Mansiysk AirportTerminated[5]
KrasnodarKrasnodar International AirportTerminated
KrasnoyarskKrasnoyarsk International Airport[citation needed]
MakhachkalaUytash AirportTerminated
MoscowMoscow Domodedovo Airport[16]
Vnukovo International AirportTerminated[16]
Zhukovsky International Airport[16]
NizhnevartovskNizhnevartovsk AirportTerminated[5][17]
NovosibirskTolmachevo Airport
OrenburgOrenburg Tsentralny AirportTerminated
Saint PetersburgPulkovo Airport
SamaraKurumoch International Airport
SochiAdler-Sochi International Airport
SurgutFarman Salmanov Surgut Airport[17]
TyumenRoshchino AirportTerminated[5]
YekaterinburgKoltsovo International Airport
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport[12][13]
TajikistanDushanbeDushanbe International AirportHub[citation needed]
KhujandKhujand AirportFocus city[citation needed]
KulobKulob Airport
TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul Airport[citation needed]
TrabzonTrabzon Airport[citation needed]
UkraineSimferopolSimferopol International AirportTerminated[citation needed]
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport[citation needed]
UzbekistanBukharaBukhara International AirportTerminated
TashkentTashkent International Airport[citation needed]

Codeshare and Interline agreements

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Somon Air currently has a codeshare and interline agreement with Asiana Airlines.[18]

Fleet

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A former Somon Air Boeing 737-400
Somon Air Boeing 737-900ER

Current fleet

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As of August 2026, Somon Air operates an all-Boeing fleet composed of the following aircraft:[19][20]

Somon Air fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
J Y Total
Boeing 737-800 4 — — 189 189
Boeing 737-900ER 2 — 16 168 184
Boeing 737 MAX 8 1[21] 11 TBA Deliveries from 2026.[22][23]
Boeing 787-9 — 4 TBA [23]
Total 6 16

Fleet development

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Somon Air signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase a Boeing 787-8 at the 2018 Dubai Air Show for further fleet development.[24] This has not yet been firmed. The company still hoped to launch wide-body flights that year with a 767-300ER.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27]

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.[28]

On 27 July 2026, the company's fleet replenished the first Boeing 737 MAX 8.[28]

References

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  1. ↑ "Main Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine." Somon Air. Retrieved on 27 February 2012. "Contacts: 40, Titova Str. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 734012 " - Russian: "734012, Таджикистан, Душанбе, ул. Титов, 40"
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "How Somon Air is reaching new peaks | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Baldwin, Jaimie (25 March 2018). "Somon Air — Leading the Way in Tajikistan". Airways Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Timetable". www.somonair.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Somon destinations mentioned
  6. ↑ "Somon Air may launch Dushanbe-Minsk flights". eng.belta.by. BelTA – News from Belarus, ©. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 9 July 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Somon Air resumed flights to Urumqi and increased the frequency of flights to Novosibirsk". somonair.com. 9 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "The first direct flight Dushanbe-Tbilisi presented in the Tajik capital on April 27 | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". asiaplustj.info. Asia-Plus Media Group. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Somon Air fliegt weiter nach München". 24 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Somon Air to launch Dushanbe-Delhi service from Dec-2019". CAPA. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tajik Air resumes its flights to India's New Delhi, Somon Air to fly there from December 1st – C.A.A.N". caan.asia. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Авиакомпания «Сомон Эйр» возобновляет прямые международные рейсы в Тегеран и Джидду | НИАТ "Ховар"" (in Russian). The National Information Agency of Tajikistan (NIAT) Khovar. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Somon Air resumes flights to Tehran and Jeddah, while Uzbekistan's Centrum Air launches routes to Dushanbe | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". www.asiaplustj.info. LLC "Asia-Plus News Agency". 10 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Tajikistan's Somon Air resumes Kyrgyzstan flights". Ch-Aviation. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  15. ↑ "Прямые рейсы из Душанбе в Доху вместе «Somon Air» и «EASYBOOKING» | НИАТ "Ховар"" (in Russian). The National Information Agency of Tajikistan (NIAT) Khovar. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  16. 1 2 3 "Somon Air suspends flights to Moscow's Vnukovo Airport - Asia Plus". asiaplus.news. LLC IA Asia-Plus. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  17. 1 2 Liu, Jim (15 July 2019). "Somon Air expands Khudzhand network in S19". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  18. ↑ https://demo.somonair.com/tj/view/news/content?news=61#:~:text=Somon%20Air%20CEO%20Sukhrob%20Dzhuraev,to%20expand%20our%20route%20map%22.
  19. ↑ "Our fleet". Somon Air. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  20. ↑ https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieuws/categorie/2/airlines/boeing-737-max-maakt-opwachting-in-tadzjikistan-somon-air-eerste-klant
  21. ↑ "Tajikistan: Somon Air Receives First 737 MAX Aircraft". airport industry news.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Tajikistan's Somon Air inks deal to buy two B737-8s". ch-aviation.com. 31 January 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Tajikistan's Somon Air commits to ten B737-8s, four B787-9s". ch-aviation.com. 6 November 2025.
  24. ↑ "Новости Авиакомпания Somon Air заказала новый самолет Boeing 787". ato.ru. 20 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "How Somon Air is reaching new peaks". 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  26. ↑ "Авиакомпания Somon Air добавит в парк четыре самолета Embraer E190-E2". ato.ru. 4 March 2018.
  27. ↑ "News Archive". www.somonair.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  28. 1 2 Somon Air получила первый самолет Boeing-737-8 MAX
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