Centrum Air Diverts Samarkand–St Petersburg Flight to Helsinki

Centrum Air redirected its Samarkand–St Petersburg flight to Helsinki due to airspace closure over Russia’s northern capital following a drone attack, the airline’s press service reported.

The company stated that updated information regarding the aircraft’s arrival time in St Petersburg would be announced later.

Centrum Air also notified passengers of several changes to its domestic flight schedule on 6 July. Flight C6091 from Tashkent to Urgench departed at 08:40 and landed at 10:10. The departure of flight C6094 from Urgench to Samarkand was moved to 10:40, while flight C6092 from Samarkand to Tashkent was rescheduled to 12:40.

Flight C6093 from Samarkand to Urgench was cancelled.

Earlier, Kursiv Uzbekistan reported that UTair’s flight from St Petersburg to Samarkand was delayed due to similar disruptions.