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Sep 23, 209 (newstodate): The Russian carrier Ural Airlines, based at Yekaterinburg, has taken delivery of its second Airbus A321 aircraft.
The new aircraft, formerly operated by Kibris Turk Hava Yollari, joins the airline's fleet of 10 Airbus A320 as well as 16 Soviet-built aircraft that will be gradually phased out from 2010 as the airline receives its first of 10 Superjet 100 aircraft ordered.
Ural airlines has so far taken in its Airbus aircraft on operational lease contracts with airlines, but in 2007 it signed a contract with Airbus for delivery of seven ex-factory Airbus A320 aircraft.
The new aircraft, formerly operated by Kibris Turk Hava Yollari, joins the airline's fleet of 10 Airbus A320 as well as 16 Soviet-built aircraft that will be gradually phased out from 2010 as the airline receives its first of 10 Superjet 100 aircraft ordered.
Ural airlines has so far taken in its Airbus aircraft on operational lease contracts with airlines, but in 2007 it signed a contract with Airbus for delivery of seven ex-factory Airbus A320 aircraft.