The national airline of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Airways (part of the NAC “Uzbekistan Airways”) has received the first ramacharitmanas the Airbus A320neo. The meeting ceremony of aircraft (tail number UK32021) was held in Tashkent international airport on March 11. Uzbekistan became the third carrier in the CIS operator A320neo after the Russian S7 Airlines (the Park operator ten A320neo and three A321neo) and Kazakhstan’s Air Astana (in use one A320neo and three A321neo).
As reported in the Uzbekistan Airways, the aircraft performed two-class configuration and is designed to carry 150 persons: 12 in business class and 138 in economy class. Aircraft equipped with engines LEAP-1A production company CFM International. As emphasized by the airline, the A320neo range, comprising more than 5 thousand km, will allow to operate the aircraft on routes across the Central European region.
In addition, the aircraft is equipped with in-flight entertainment and communication in flight (Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity; IFEC) company Panasonic Avionics Corporation, provides passengers with audio and video content with a personal touch HD screens and wireless high-speed Internet access. A similar system is being installed on the Boeing 787-8 in the fleet of the operator, but, unlike the A320neo, installation IFEC on the B-787 holds directly Uzbekistan Airways Technics.
In Uzbekistan Airways said that the second A320neo need to replenish the fleet operator at the beginning of April 2019, Both aircraft taken on operating lease the company BOC Aviation. The carrier is planned to receive the aircraft in December last year.
As of late January, the commercial operation of the airline was 25-sun: 9 Airbus A320 aircraft, 5 Boeing 757, Boeing 767 8 (two of them trucks) and 3 Boeing 787. Given the A320neo, the number had increased to 26. In addition to the A320neo, this year, Uzbekistan Airways will receive two more Boeing 787.