Presidential Plane Bought By Tajikistan From Mexico For $92 Million Arrives In Dushanbe

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that Tajikistan bought from Mexico arrived in Dushanbe on May 15.

A presidential plane bought by Tajikistan from Mexico last month for $92 million has arrived in Dushanbe. Nomadic Aviation Group in the United States said on May 14 that the plane left the city of San Bernardino that day. Data from the Flight Radar website showed the plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, arrived in the Tajik capital on May 15. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that the plane he inherited from his predecessor was sold to the poor Central Asian country in April. Tajikistan has not commented on the purchase yet. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.