Airlines
Silk Avia Receives First ATR 72-600 Regional Airliner
The delivery last week is the first of five twin turboprops
Silk Avia ATR72-600
Uzbekistan-based regional airline Silk Avia has received its first ATR 72-600 turboprop delivery. © ATR/Silk Avia

Silk Avia, a regional airline start-up in Uzbekistan, has taken delivery of the first of five ATR 72-600 turboprops under a contract signed in 2022. Leasing group Nordic Aviation Capital, which received the twin turboprop from ATR in December, delivered it on Friday.

NAC ordered two of the five ATR 72s and Silk Avia plans to acquire the other three units directly from the European manufacturer. ATR announced the agreement in November 2022 while Uzbekhistan’s president Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited Paris.