The story
The airline was launched in 1998 with a single Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft. It ceased operations in 2012 and returned its air operator's certificate.
In 2021, Qanot Sharq re-launched operations and leased two used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation. The airline launched its first passenger flight on 14 October 2021, from Tashkent International Airport to Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow.
In February 2024, Qanot Sharq launched Airbus A330 flights from Tashkent to Medina.
In February 2025, Qanot Sharq stated that it expects five new Airbus A321neo-family aircraft in 2026 and 2027, including three A321XLR and two A321LR aircraft.
On 15 December 2025, the airline began twice-weekly flights from Tashkent to London Gatwick, its first UK route. Four days later, the airline took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR via a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease; Airbus described the aircraft as the first of four A321XLR aircraft to be delivered to the airline.
Planned twice-weekly A330 flights to New York JFK, previously scheduled for 1 July 2026, were postponed to 2 September 2026. The airline announced that flights to Tel Aviv from Tashkent and Samarkand would resume on 24 June 2026 after a suspension.
From Wikipedia’s article on Qanot Sharq, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4