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An-140 sales bode well for Antonov RJ

A growing order book for the 52-seat Antonov An-140 turboprop has stimulated engineers at Ukraine’s Antonov design house and the Kharkov manufacturing plan

By Vladimir Karnozov

August 4, 2008

A growing order book for the 52-seat Antonov An-140 turboprop has stimulated engineers at Ukraine’s Antonov design house and the Kharkov manufacturing plant (KhGAPP) to accelerate work on the An-148, a new 70- to 80-seat regional jet scheduled for first deliveries in early 2005.

During June’s Paris Air Show, privately held airline Air Libya signed a $45 million deal to include delivery of five new An-140s, crew training and the establishment of a Libyan maintenance station dedicated to support of An-140s, An-24/26s and the Kharkov-built Tu-134s currently operated by the airline. Under terms of the contract, Air Libya will take the first An-140 next summer, and thereafter one every three months. The Libyans chose the An-140 because it is being produced in Iran, where two An-140s have already been assembled at the Isfahan-based HESA plant under a government plan to build 80 aircraft from Kharkov-supplied kits. HESA plans to complete four more aircraft this year.

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