MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Pobeda plans to start making flights from Moscow to Samarkand (Uzbekistan) on April 21 of this year, the Russian low-cost air carrier said on Monday.

"The Pobeda low-cost airline (the Aeroflot Group) has opened ticket sales for the Moscow - Samarkand flight on its official website pobeda.aero. Flights en route Moscow (Vnukovo) - Samarkand will begin on April 21, 2023 and will be performed twice per week - on Thursdays and Sundays. Return flights will also be made two times per week - on Mondays and Fridays," the airline said.

Uzbekistan will become the fifth international destination for the air carrier. Pobeda is flying at present to Turkey, Belarus, Armenia, and the UAE.