Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Feb. 29 / Trend D. Azizov /
The Uzbek national airline Uzbekistan Airways has received a civil aircraft Boeing 767-300ER with an extended range, the company said today.
"This aircraft is a continuation of the contract with Boeing to acquire four B 767-300ER and two B-787 Dreamliner," the company said.
It was reported that Uzbekistan Airways received the first of four Boeing 767-300ERs in early February.
In 2007-2008, the Uzbek airline signed contracts with Boeing to purchase four Boeing 767-300ER and two Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner, in addition to signing a deal with Airbus Industries to purchase 10 A-320-200 aircrafts worth $1.027 billion. The cost of the contract with Boeing amounts to $577.5 million.
Purchase of new equipment for the airline is funded by Uzbekistan Airways (10 per cent of the total cost) through a loan from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan (50 per cent) and loans from foreign banks (40 per cent).
Uzbekistan Airways has made advance payments for the delivery of four Boeing-767-300ER aircraft and reserve engines totaling $88.98 million.
According to the approved schedule, the company will receive four aircrafts Boeing-767-300ER with PW 4062 engines worth $347.6 million in 2012-2013, four A-320-200 with CFM-56-5B engines worth $190.9 million in 2013-2014, and two Boeing-787-800 Dreamliner with GENX-1B64 engines worth $230.4 million in July-August 2016.
A contract to deliver 10 А-320-200 aircraft purchased from Airbus Industries was completed in December 2011.
The company's fleet currently comprises 29 aircraft of western production, which includes 11 Boeing (four 767-300, five 757-200, two 767-300ER), 13 Airbus (three A-310 and 10 A-320-200), three medium-range RJ-85 and two cargo airbus A300-600F.
In 2011, the airline increased passenger transport by 7.2 per cent to 2.322 million passengers compared to 2010, whilst cargo traffic amounted to 48,200 tons.
Uzbekistan Airways flies to 21 countries in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Asia as well as to 22 cities in the CIS countries and 11 domestic routes.