# Turkmenistan Airlines (IATA T5 · ICAO TUA · AWB 542)

> Turkmenistan Airlines is Turkmenistan's state-owned flag carrier, running its air freight business under IATA designator T5 and AWB prefix 542. Turkmenistan Airlines Open Joint Stock Company runs passenger and cargo services under a single air operator certificate. Besides belly capacity, it flies two Airbus A330-200P2F and Ilyushin Il-76TD freighters. For forwarders the carrier links Europe, the Gulf and South and East Asia through its Ashgabat hub. Its air waybill carries eleven digits and starts with prefix 542.

## Quick facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal | Turkmenistan Airlines Open Joint Stock Company |
| IATA | `T5` |
| ICAO | `TUA` |
| AWB prefix | `542` |
| Country | TM |
| Tracking | https://turkmenistanairlines.tm/en/services/show/air-cargo-tracking |

## Overview

Turkmenistan Airlines is the state-owned flag carrier of Turkmenistan and sells air freight under its own name, without a separate cargo brand. The legal entity is Turkmenistan Airlines Open Joint Stock Company, based in Ashgabat; in Turkmen the company is known as Türkmenhowaýollary. The air operator certificate and the traffic rights sit with the same company that runs the passenger business, so cargo moves both in the bellies of passenger aircraft and on the carrier's own freighters.

Two Airbus A330-200P2F aircraft are available for pure freighter services; they were taken over in March and April 2023 (as of 27 April 2023). For this type a payload of up to 61 tonnes and a range of up to 7,700 kilometres are quoted. The company also operates Ilyushin Il-76TD freighters; no reliable source states how many, so that figure is left blank.

The hub is Ashgabat International Airport (ASB). According to the carrier, the cargo terminal there covers 17,174 square metres and offers five ramp stands, separate import and export zones with four loading docks each and two cooling areas, and is designed for around 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year. Storage areas cover perishables, valuable cargo, medicines, radioactive goods, agricultural products and live animals, among others.

The carrier lists network points including Frankfurt, London, Milan, Moscow, Istanbul, Jeddah, Dubai, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Beijing and Seoul.

For forwarders: the IATA designator is T5, the ICAO code is TUA, and the air waybill carries eleven digits beginning with prefix 542. Shipment tracking runs through the carrier's website.

## Hubs

- ASB

## Fleet

- Iljuschin Il-76TD × 0

- Airbus A330-200P2F × 2 (61000 kg)

## Sources

- [Turkmenistan Airlines – Ashgabat international airport cargo terminal presentation](https://turkmenistanairlines.tm/en/information/show/gruzovoy-terminal-mezhdunarodnogo-aeroporta-ashhabad)

- [Turkmenistan Airlines – Air cargo tracking](https://turkmenistanairlines.tm/en/services/show/air-cargo-tracking)

- [FAA Order JO 7340.2P Contractions, Kapitel 3 (nach ICAO Doc 8585)](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/cnt_html/chap3_section_3.html)

- [Turkmenportal – The second cargo aircraft Airbus A330-200P2F joined the fleet of Turkmenistan Airlines (27.04.2023)](https://turkmenportal.com/en/news/61067-the-second-cargo-aircraft-airbus-a330200p2f-joined-the-fleet-of-turkmenistan-airlines)

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