Flying the History of Aviation

Flight Bishkek – Dushanbe

Flying Tajikistan Airlines gives you the feeling that the gangway was a kind of a time machine, because – once you enter the plane you find yourself somewhere in a time of thirty years ago.

Tajikistan belongs to the poorest countries of the world and a lot of the infrastructure has been destroyed in the recent civil war. The planes that are in the possession of the national airline are leftovers from the old Soviet fleet, namely TU-154, TU-134, Iak-40 and AN-24.

The first TU-134 went on flight in 1963. The planes that are used by Tajikistan Airlines are the newer version - TU-134A. They don't look that aged from outside, but ...

...once you're inside it us really like thirty years ago. But nontheless their age, the planes seem to be pretty good in shape and the view from the illuminator while flying over Tajikistan is amazing.