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May 06, 2009 (newstodate): Since May 4, 2009, Latvia is again online with twice-weekly direct flights to New York, USA.
The Uzbek carrier Uzbekistan Airways has reintroduced its second weekly rotation on the route from Tashkent to New York via Riga, Latvia, providing the Latvian airport with its only nonstop direct air route to and from USA.
Uzbekistan Airways launched flights on the route on October 31, 2004, with Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
Since October 29, 2006, Uzbekistan Airways and the Latvian carrier airBaltic have code-shared the flights.
Since October 28, 2007, airBaltic has also operated its own flights between Riga and Tashkent, offering two weekly flights with Boeing 737 aircraft.
The Uzbek carrier Uzbekistan Airways has reintroduced its second weekly rotation on the route from Tashkent to New York via Riga, Latvia, providing the Latvian airport with its only nonstop direct air route to and from USA.
Uzbekistan Airways launched flights on the route on October 31, 2004, with Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
Since October 29, 2006, Uzbekistan Airways and the Latvian carrier airBaltic have code-shared the flights.
Since October 28, 2007, airBaltic has also operated its own flights between Riga and Tashkent, offering two weekly flights with Boeing 737 aircraft.