The Uzbek airline said that the received aircraft kicked off implementation of contract between Uzbekistan Havo Yollari and Boeing on supply of four Boeing 767-300ER and two Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplanes.

Uzbekistan Havo Yollari said that Boeing 767-300ER is optimal long distance aircraft to carry out flights up to 6,000 km (or 9-hour flights).

The aircraft has 12 seats in business class and 235 seats in economy class. Maximum take-off weight is 175 tonnes and landing weight – 145 tonnes. The maximum load is 38 tonnes and fuel load – 74 tonnes. The highest speed of airline is 900 km/h and the highest altitude – 13,000 meters.

Boeing specialists noted that new aircraft differs with new, even more passenger-pleasing cabin interior, low operating costs and technological innovations.

The Uzbek airline said that it has been using Boeing 767 aircrafts since 30 November 1996, when it received the first airplane of this model. It added that this kicked of long-distance flights in history of Uzbekistan Havo Yollari.

Currently, the fleet of Uzbekistan Havo Yollari includes Boeing-757/767, Airbus 320, Airbus 310, Rj-85 and locally made IL-114-100.