Turkmenistan Airlines finalises A330 P2F freighter purchase

Turkmenistan Airlines (T5, Ashgabat) has signed a firm order agreement with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of two P2F-converted A330-200 freighters. The move follows the issuance of a decree by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on January 7 allowing the transaction to proceed. According to the state-owned carrier, chief executive Dovran Saburov signed the order with Paul Meijers, Airbus’s Executive Vice President (Leasing Markets, Customer Finance & Asset Management), during a virtual meeting on January 18. No delivery dates, or any other details, were disclosed. Aside from three Il-76TDs, Turkmenistan Airlines does not, at present, operate any other main-deck freighters.