Air Lease Announces Delivery of First of Four New Airbus A321XLR Aircraft to Qanot Sharq

Air Lease Announces Delivery of First of Four New Airbus A321XLR Aircraft to Qanot Sharq

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Qanot Sharq takes delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR

Qanot Sharq, one of Uzbekistan’s private passenger airlines, has taken delivery of its first of four A321XLR via a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease. Follow Aeronews on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Bluesky and TikTok With this delivery, Qanot Sharq becomes the first A321XLR operator in Central Asia and the CIS, reinforcing the airline’s ambition to modernise its fleet and expand its international route network and operate new routes to ke…

Qanot Sharq receives first A321XLR, becoming launch operator in Central Asia

Qanot Sharq, a private passenger airline in Uzbekistan, took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR on December 19.… The post Qanot Sharq receives first A321XLR, becoming launch operator in Central Asia appeared first on Air Data News.

Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq takes first A321XLR through long-term lease

Privately-owned Uzbek carrier Qanot Sharq has received an Airbus A321XLR, one of a batch to be delivered to the airline.

Qanot Sharq takes delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR aircraft

Qanot Sharq Airlines, one of Uzbekistan’s leading private passenger airlines, has taken delivery of its first of four Airbus A321XLR  aircraft via a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease. With this delivery, Qanot Sharq becomes the first A321XLR operator in Central Asia and the CIS, reinforcing the airline’s ambition to modernise its fleet and expand […]

Qanot Sharq becomes first A321XLR operator in Central Asia

Qanot Sharq has become the first Airbus A321XLR operator in Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), after taking delivery of its brand-new aircraft. On November 19, 2025, Airbus confirmed that the first of four A321XLRs has been delivered to the Uzbekistan airline as part of a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease Cooperation (ALC). Powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, the aircraft is configured with 190 seats in a two-class…