OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2008. The International airport of Samarkand, one of the main air havens of Uzbekistan, won the Best Airport of CIS Countries award in the category which includes CIS airports with passenger traffic to one hundred thousand people per year, reported the press-centre of International airport of Samarkand.

Summing up the first five months of 2008 Samarkand airport served up to 40.000 passengers.