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Jun 30, 2023 (newstodate): New customer for Nordic Aviation Capital is Uzbekistan's first regional airline: Silk Avia.
   The carrier has signed a lease agreement for two ex-factory ATR 72-600 aircraft sourced from NAC’s order book with ATR - and now executed.
   Operating an extensive domestic network with Tashkent Airport as its hub, Silk Air is rapidly building up its fleet of ATR 72-600 aircraft; in November 2022, Silk Avia and the French-Italian concern ATR signed an agreement on the purchase of five new ATR 72-600 aircraft, which will arrive in Tashkent in 2024, and the carrier has also now taken delivery of the second of three ATR 72-600 aircraft purchased from Bangkok Airways.