Fleet
A Boeing 757-200 at Domodedovo Airport. (2009) A Boeing 767-300ER touching down at Domodedovo International Airport. (2006) An Airbus A310-300 on the taxiway at Domodedovo International Airport. (2006)Both the Boeing 757-200 and the Boeing 767-300ER entered the fleet in late 1996; the airline took delivery of these aircraft as part of an order placed in October 1995. Still in operation, both types are powered with Pratt & Whitney engines.
Uzbekistan Airways was the launch customer for the Ilyushin Il-114; it took delivery of the first, locally-assembled aircraft, in July 1998.
In mid-2007, the carrier ordered six Airbus A320s; by that time the fleet was 55 strong, comprising 10 different aircraft models; the Russian-built Yak-40 was among them. Also in mid-2007, the airline ordered two Boeing 787-8s, with a contract for the engines with General Electric worth US$70 million.
In late 2008, the company ordered four Boeing 767-300ERs in a US$597 million deal, and the A320 order was boosted to ten aircraft. The airline took delivery of its first A320 in July 2010 (2010-07); the type started operations servicing the Tashkent–Baku route. The first of four Boeing 767-300ERs ordered in 2008 was delivered in February 2012 (2012-02), in coincidence with the carrier's 20th anniversary.
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