The passenger traffic of the airline “Uzbekistan Airways” has increased by 17.1%

Airline “Uzbekistan Airways” in the first half of 2012 has transported more than 1.24 million passengers. This is 17.1% more than last year over the same period. Within six months the Uzbek air carrier has complied 12,34 thousand flight — 419 flights more than in 2011, cargo Traffic of the airline amounted to 20 thousand tonnes and 755 tonnes of mail.

Now airline “Uzbekistan Airways” implements the program of updating of the air fleet. So, until the end of the year in the Park of the airline will be operating four new Boeing 767-300ER, the order for which was placed in 2008, a New Boeing 767-300ER replace Airbus A310 aircraft. In addition, in the period from 2014 to 2016, the airline will receive two Boeing-787 Dreamliner. Representatives of the “Uzbekistan Airways said that currently studying the possibility of creation on the basis of the airline Uzbekistan Airways Tests regional workshops on repair of the major structural elements of aircraft, made of composite materials.

Now the fleet of the airline “Uzbekistan Airways” be a passenger Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Airbus A310, Airbus A320, as well as the regional, turboprop Il-114.