Turkmenistan Airlines (T5, Ashgabat) is set to order two P2F-converted A330-200s from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) after President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow signed the requisite decree.
A government resolution dated January 7 said management could now proceed with the signing of a final agreement. It added that the freighters would be used to help meet cargo capacity demand specified under the 2012-2030 national civil aviation roadmap. No delivery dates were specified.
In June last year, the Central Asian republic's government said it planned to acquire one B777F from Boeing (BOE, Washington National) through Aircraft Finance Germany GmbH. It is unknown if the contract was ever firmed.
At present, Turkmenistan Airlines' cargo fleet entails three Il-76TDs. Its passenger fleet is an all-Boeing affair entailing two B777-200LRs, three B737-700s, eight B737-800s, and four B757-200s. It also operates several other aircraft for the government.
