From 25 October 2026, Turkmenistan Airlines moves to its winter schedule and changes frequencies on six international routes from Ashgabat. Five routes get additional flights and one is cut.
What changes
— Istanbul: from 12 to 13 weekly flights, effectively daily, Boeing 737-700, from 28 October; — Kazan: from 4 to 6 weekly flights, Boeing 737-700, from 29 October; — Ho Chi Minh City: from 2 to 3 weekly flights, Boeing 777-200LR, from 30 October; — Seoul: from 1 to 2 weekly flights, Boeing 777-200LR, from 27 October; — Milan (Malpensa): from 2 to 3 weekly flights, Boeing 737-800, from 30 October; — Delhi: from 3 to 2 weekly flights, Boeing 737-700, from 25 October.
Dates refer to the first changed flight on each route. The season begins on 25 October.
Frequencies to Beijing, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, London and Frankfurt are unchanged, with only departure times shifting on those routes.
What the schedule shows
Growth went to routes that work as legs between Asia and Europe: Seoul and Ho Chi Minh City in the east, Milan and Istanbul in the west. Kazan remains the only Russian destination on the official route map and gets six flights a week. Delhi is the only one of the six routes to lose a flight.
For comparison, on these six routes the airline operated 24 flights a week before the season and operates 29 under the new schedule. This is flycentralasia's calculation from the published frequencies.
Our assessment: the focus on Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City and Milan suggests Turkmenistan Airlines is building connecting traffic through Ashgabat, not only point-to-point travel to and from the country. That traffic depends on simple transit and entry procedures, so the e-visa launched on 1 October gives this schedule additional context. This is flycentralasia's conclusion, not a statement by the airline.
What businesses can do. Tour operators and agencies selling Europe–Asia itineraries can test connections through Ashgabat on the new Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City and Milan frequencies. Airports and handlers can plan for more night and early-morning departures on long-haul flights. The Indian market can watch how the Delhi cut affects capacity between India and Central Asia.