‘Turkmenistan Airlines’ is expanding its flight schedule on the Ashgabat–Abu Dhabi–Ashgabat route, introducing an additional flight and increasing the frequency of air traffic with the United Arab Emirates. This was reported by the online publication ‘Business Turkmenistan’, citing the carrier's official website.

The additional flight will begin operating on Sundays from 4 January 2026. According to the schedule, flight T5-827 will depart from Ashgabat at 04:25 and arrive in Abu Dhabi at 05:55. The return flight T5-828 will depart from Abu Dhabi at 07:25 and land in Ashgabat at 09:55.

Flights on this route will also continue to operate on Fridays. On this day, flight T5-825 departs from Ashgabat at 17:45 and arrives in Abu Dhabi at 19:15, while the return flight T5-826 departs at 21:00 and arrives in Ashgabat at 00:30 the following day.

The expansion of the flight programme is aimed at improving transport accessibility and developing passenger air traffic between the two countries.

Earlier, in July this year, ‘Turkmenistan Airlines’ operated its first direct flight on the Ashgabat-Seoul route.