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Sergey Sergeyev
civil aviation | in brief
Two more Il-96s built
As many as two advanced
wide-body aircraft of the Ilyushin
Il-96 family had been completed and
had kicked off flight trials on the
verge of the MAKS 2007 air show.
Leasing company Ilyushin Finance
Co. pays for their construction by the
VASO aircraft plant in Voronezh. The
first of the planes is the lead freighter
in the new Il-96-400T version,
which conducted its maiden flight in
Voronezh on 14 August. It was made
for the Atlant-Soyuz air company
owned by Moscow’s city hall.
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On 23 August, in a ceremony
during MAKS 2007, Atlant-Soyuz,
Ilyushin and Ilyushin Finance Co.
signed an acceptance report for
the first Il-96-400T (RA-96102) to
enter flight trials with the carrier’s
participation. The new transport is
to be the first aircraft of the type in
Atlant-Soyuz’s fleet being formed
in line with a strategy of entering
regular cargo operations. In this
connection, Atlant-Soyuz Director
General Vladimir Davydov and
his Ilyushin Finance Co.’s oppo-
New aircraft for Russian carriers
Several major contracts were
made on the very first day of the
MAKS 2007 air show. Airlines 400,
which operates out of Moscow and
has assumed the Red Wings brand
name this year, and Ilyushin Finance
Co. signed on 21 August a financial
leasing contract on six Tupolev
Tu-204-100s. Their deliveries are
slated to begin in 2008, with the
lease’s duration set at 15 years.
On the same day, the government-owned
Rossiya airline turned a
six Antonov An-148 regional aircraft
agreement into a firm financial leasing
order and signed a contract of
sale of six more aircraft of the type.
According to expert estimates, both
deals are worth in the neighbourhood
of $500 million. Another agreement
between the major Russian leasing
company and Rossiya, dated 21
August, is memorandum of understanding
on one more Il-96-300
long-range widebody aircraft.
To ensure deliveries of advanced
An-148-100 regional aircraft in
2008–10, Ilyushin Finance Co. and
VASO on 23 August clinched a firm
deal on acquisition of 34 airliners
of the type. They are designed for
Russian and foreign carriers. On
the same day, the East European
Air Transport Association (EEATA)
signed a memorandum on acquir-
site number, Alexander Rubtsov,
signed a memorandum, under
which Ilyushin Finance Co. is to
lease five Il-96-400T freighters to
ing five An-148 planes in the cargo
version for the Polish airline Exin
and Hungarian carrier CityLine
Hungary. Thus, by the time MAKS
2007 wrapped up, the number of
firm orders for the An-148 had
totalled 45, with 89 options. To
fit the An-148s in production by
the airline. The first two of them are
to start cargo operations by the end
of 2007, with the rest to follow suit
before 2010.
The second brand-new Il-96 participating
in this year’s MAKS show
was the Il-96-300 (RA-96018) airliner
made by VASO in August for
use by the Rossiya state transport
company. The company has in its
inventory two Il-96-300PU airliners
designed for carrying the Russia’s
President and other governmental
officials. Unlike the two presidential
jets, Rossiya’s new buy has the traditional
passenger layout.
VASO with engines, Ilyushin Finance
Co. and Motor Sich signed a contract
of sale on the very first day
of the air show, under which the
Zaporozhye-based engine manufacturer
is to deliver 74 D-436-148
engines and 37 AI-450-MS auxiliary
power units.
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Alexey Mikheyev
Alexey Mikheyev