On August 11, 2020, under instructions of the Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon 186 citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan stranded in Turkey, due to the cancellation of international flights, were brought from Istanbul to Dushanbe by a special flight of “Somon Air".
Earlier, on July 26, 174 citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan, who had returned to Istanbul from other countries, were brought to Dushanbe by a special flight of “Somon Air".