Airliner An-148, designed for passenger, cargo-and-passenger
and cargo transportations on regional and main lines, prepares to replace
An-24, Tu-134, Yak-40 and Yak-42, “Economic news” newspaper writes.
Experts consider that the work of joint
Russian-Ukrainian production can compete with airliners of such world producers
and Canadian Bombardier and Brazilian Embraer.
But, first of all, to promote the airliner to European
markets it is needed to certificate it on accordance to norms of flying suitability
of the EU.
Head of MAK Tetyana Anodina considers that the
document may be received in 2008, in accordance with the agreement on mutual
recognition of flying suitability norms and certificates of July 2004, signed between
MAK and European agency on aviation security.
According to plans of repetition work six airliners
are supposed to be built in 2007, and 20 airliners in 2008. Russian airlines –
Pulkovo airlines and Krasnoyarsk airlines, and Kazakhstan airlines have already
ordered 50 copies of An-148.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian airlines also lack for air ships
for domestic flights, but An-148 is too expansive for them.
