Qanot Sharq signs lease-agreement for 2 A320s

Air Lease Corporation has announced it signed a lease-agreement with Qanot Sharq for two A320s. The two aircraft, 2359 (currently stored at Ostrava as OE-ILF and former XA-KNO of Interjet) and 3021 (currently stored at Ostrava as OE-ILG and former XA-MYR from Interjet), will be delivered next month.

Qanot Sharq is a carrier from Uzbekistan which was founded in 1998. Until 2012 the airline wet-leased a single Il-76 freighter from Uzbekistan Airways, but after returning that aircraft it has been dormant. In 2019 the airline announced it signed a LOI for three SSJs, but that deal never materialized.

The airline plans to fly the aircraft out of regional airports in Uzbekistan to destinations in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

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