Turkmenistan Airlines (T5, Ashgabat) has signed a firm order agreement with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of two P2F-converted A330-200 freighters. The move follows the issuance of a decree by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on January 7 allowing the transaction to proceed.

According to the state-owned carrier, chief executive Dovran Saburov signed the order with Paul Meijers, Airbus's Executive Vice President (Leasing Markets, Customer Finance & Asset Management), during a virtual meeting on January 18.

ch-aviation understands the two aircraft will deliver to Central Asia at the end of 2022.

Aside from three Il-76TDs, Turkmenistan Airlines does not, at present, operate any other main-deck freighters.