Samarkand Airways

{{Short description|Uzbek airline}}

{{Infobox airline

| airline = Samarkand Airways

| image = Samarkand Airways 2024 logo.png

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| IATA = C7

| ICAO = UZS

| callsign = SOGDIANA

| aoc =

| hubs = Tashkent International Airport

| focus_cities =

| founded = August 2005

| ceased = October 2017

| frequent_flyer =

| fleet_size =

| destinations = 2

| parent = Universal Mobility Solutions

| num_employees =

| website = https://samarqandair.com/en/about-us/

| headquarters = Samarkand, Uzbekistan

}}

Samarkand Airways ({{langx|uz|Samarqand Havo Yo’llari}}, {{lang|uz-Cyrl|Самарканд Хаво Йуллари}}) was an airline based in Uzbekistan that performed passenger and cargo charter flights. Established in 2005 out a joint American-Uzbekistani venture based out of Kentucky,{{Cite web|url=http://www.c7.aero/about_us.html|title=Samarkand Airways : C7 : Samarkand Havo Yullary : About Us|date=2011-11-26|access-date=2017-12-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126221900/http://www.c7.aero/about_us.html|archive-date=2011-11-26}} the parent company, Universal Mobility Solutions, provided the aircraft for the fleet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.avia-board.com/dir/view/458.html|title=Авиакомпания "Самаркандские Авиалинии"|last=|first=|date=|website=www.avia-board.com|access-date=2017-12-31}} The airline intended to establish a regular scheduled cargo route out of Tashkent{{Cite web|url=http://www.c7.aero/contacts.html|title=Samarkand Airways : C7 : Samarkand Havo Yullary : Offices|date=2011-11-26|access-date=2018-01-02|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126221910/http://www.c7.aero/contacts.html|archive-date=2011-11-26}} to Dushanbe in 2008{{Cite web|url=http://old.news.tj/en/news/uzbek-air-company-transport-cargoes-tajikistan|title=Uzbek air company to transport cargoes to Tajikistan {{!}} Tajikistan News-NA "Asia-Plus"|website=old.news.tj|language=en|access-date=2018-01-02|archive-date=2018-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073332/http://old.news.tj/en/news/uzbek-air-company-transport-cargoes-tajikistan|url-status=dead}} using Ilyushin Il-76 and Antonov An-12 aircraft, but such a route was not established.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2008/01/04/134236.html|title=Авиарейс Ташкент - Душанбе возможен, но пока только грузовой (АвиаПорт)|work=АвиаПорт.Ru|access-date=2017-12-31|language=ru}} Passenger charters were carried out on Tupolev Tu-154, Yakolev Yak-40 and Avro RJ-85 aircraft, while chartered cargo flights used an Antonov An-26.{{Cite web|url=https://aircargo.webprorab.com/|title=Самарканд Хаво Йуллари - контакты, товары, услуги, цены|website=aircargo.webprorab.com|language=ru|access-date=2017-12-31|archive-date=2018-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102132245/https://aircargo.webprorab.com/|url-status=dead}}

While the airline still technically exists, its website is gone and it is not in operation.{{Cite web|url=http://c7.aero/|title=Samarkand Airways|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517025734/http://c7.aero/|archive-date=2014-05-17|url-status=dead}}