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 B777-F from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) 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 B777-200(LR)s, three B737-700s, eight B737-800s, and four B757-200s. It also operates several other aircraft for the government.