Wednesday 10 August 2016

Uzbekistan Airways to receive its first B787-800 Dreamliner in September 2016

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                   / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



As part of its fleet renewal programme, Uzbekistan Airways will receive its first B787-800 Dreamliner long-range jet in September 2016 after the aircraft painting job was completed in Boeing in early August 2016. It is the first Central Asian airline to own a Dreamliner aircraft.

Uzbekistan Airways has purchase orders of 2 such Dreamliner aircraft since July 2014. Its advanced payments of 3.86 million US Dollars for the two aircraft have been remitted with the balance to be paid via state and bank loans.

The B787-800 Dreamliner will be deployed on routes from Tashkent to Europe, New York, Suvarnabhumi and in future a direct return route to Singapore and potential service to Australia via Singapore. 

Uzbekistan Airways currently flies to Singapore with stopover via Kuala Lumpur on the way back to Tashkent using its B767-300ER aircraft.

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