Tashkent based Uzbekistan Airways, which was founded in the early 1990's following the collapse of the Soviet Union, ordered from the Seattle manufacturer 4 Boeing 767-300ER's, an order valued at close to 600 million USD's. The new Boeing twin jets will complement the airline's existing fleet of 6 B757-200's and 5 B767-300ER's (I saw one of them in JFK back in 2001), six Boeing jets are now on order: the 4 767's and the 2 787's previously ordered. The 767's were ordered for expansion and as an interim measure to compensate the delays in delivering the 787 which has still not flown. The bad news is the 787 first flight is postponed again, but the good news is the 767 production line still remains open.
The 300ER is the most successful variant of the versatile 767 twin jet, it entered service with launch customer American Airlines twenty years ago and since then it has been ordered at more than 500 units. Earlier this year, UPS ordered the 300ER in freighter version. The aircraft has a maximum range close to 6000 NM.
