Somon Air
Air Company Somon Air LLC is a private airline in Tajikistan headquartered in Dushanbe 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 International [Air Transport Association|IATA]'s 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. The IATA Multilateral Interline Traffic Agreement 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, 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.