Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A two-day team building event has started in Tashkent for employees and managers of the Uzbekistan Airports management company, directors of all international airports in Uzbekistan, subsidiaries of Uzbekistan Airports Handling, Uzbekistan Airports Cargo and Silk Avia.

As part of the workshop, the results of the first half of 2023 were summed up for all structural divisions and plans for the second half of the year were announced. 

Compared to last year, passenger traffic this year increased by 35% and amounted to 4.7 million people, the passenger traffic of Tashkent Airport increased by 39% and amounted to 3 million passengers. By the end of the year, 9.2 million passengers are expected, in Tashkent - about 7 million. 

The number of airlines flying to the airports of Uzbekistan has increased to 59, including 7 resident companies. This year the number of flights increased by 30% and reached about 800 flights per week. The total profit of the company increased by 30% in six months.

They also discussed issues of preparation for the autumn-winter season. Over the past two years, special equipment worth 626 billion soums has been purchased, including equipment for dousing aircraft with anti-icing liquid and clearing snow from the airfield. The directors and responsible managers were instructed to start preparing for the winter already now and to report weekly on the work carried out in this direction.

Another session was devoted to projects in the field of reconstruction and construction. By this day, a concept and a feasibility study for two airports, Bukhara and Urgench, have been prepared and submitted for approval to the Ministry of Finance. The concept and feasibility study for the Namangan airport are at the development stage. Also, active work is underway on the Tashkent airport project together with consultants from Singapore's Changi airport.

“Team building for employees is a very important part of team building, team building in such a large company as ours. It is important to know each other, to understand who is doing what, what kind of work, but most importantly, it is important to know where we are all moving, to see a common goal and build the right route towards it. This is not our first such team building. We, being a state-owned company, are trying to introduce such modern HR tools as team building, to unite and motivate people. Tomorrow, a group of employees will leave for Issyk-Kul - this will be the first international flight of Silk Avia," said Rano Juraeva, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekistan Airports.