Originally Posted by
LGS6753
Turkmenistan applied for slots (and I think operated) some winter flights from Luton pre-Covid. Equipment was (to be) a 737-800.
Did indeed, see
https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...from-dec-2019/
I would think the route would have been via Ukrainian airspace which is obviously not available currently and they found it hard to fill a 737-800.
A 777 with a big belly makes more sense as I cannot see pax demand being too high.