Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) has taken delivery of its first A320-200neo following the arrival of UK32021 (msn 8754) in Tashkent Islam Karimov on Monday, March 11. Powered by CFM International LEAP-1A26s, the twinjet features 12 seats in business class and 138 in economy class. The second of the pair, UK32022 (msn 8826), is slated for delivery in April.
"The flight range of a highly economical airliner has been increased from 4,500 to more than 5,000 kilometres, which will make it possible to cover the entire Central European region," it said.
The state-owned carrier's mainline passenger fleet also includes ten A320ceo, five B757-200s, seven B767-300(ER), and four B787-8s.