Zhejiang Loong Airlines (Loong Air) announced on September 26th that a new charter service from Xi'an to Uzbekistan would in operation. The schedule listing calls for twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday starting from September 27th. Xi'an (XIY) - Tashkent (TAS) operates with A320 aircraft providing 173 seats on the flight.

The launch of the XIY-TAS-XIY charter flight is the result of negotiations between the Uzbekistan Embassy in China and Zhejiang Loong Airlines on increasing the tourist flow from the PRC to Uzbekistan.

In November 2018, the representatives of the Chinese airline took part in the International Investment Forum in Tashkent. During the forum, the parties discussed issues of cooperation in the tourism sphere, ways of attracting tourism companies who can invest in the country's infrastructure, creating special tourism products and increasing the flow of Chinese tourists, including by opening new direct flights. Three new routes: Xi'an (XIY) - Samarkand (SKD), Chongqing (CKG) - Tashkent (TAS), and Luoyang (LYA) - Bukhara (BHK) will open in the future.

Since February 1st 2019, Chinese citizens holding regular passport and official passport can apply for E-Visa of Uzbekistan. The E-Visa includes all purposes instead of Vatandosh, Student, Academic, Medical and Piligrim. In addition, by March 15th, the E-Visa can be approved twice and multiple times, which cost for $35 and $50 respectively. Each Visa allows a short stay of 30 days and expires in 90 days.

From Jan. 1, 2020, citizens of the People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, can enjoy a visa-free period of no more than seven days in the country if they can provide return tickets.

Flight schedules are shown as follows:

GJ 8765 XIY 9:10 a.m. TAS 11:20 a.m.

GJ 8766 TAS 13:20 p.m. XIY 20:50 p.m.

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