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Airbus and Red Wings Prepare for A220 Russia Introduction

Moscow Vnukovo-based Red Wings expects first of six A220s in May and eyes a further four examples.

Red Wings introduced Airbus A320 family aircraft in its fleet in 2017. (Photo: Julia Loris)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

November 20, 2018

Red Wings Airlines is readying the induction of the Airbus A220-300 in its operations next year and is working closely with the European OEM to obtain necessary authorizations from Russia’s federal agency for air transport Rosaviatsiya, including the validation of the aircraft’s type certificate and the certification of a training center for A220 crew and MRO capabilities. “There still is a lot of work to do,” Red Wings CEO Evgeny Klyucharev told AIN on the sidelines of the Wings of the Future conference in Moscow. “We are completing the standard procedures,” he said, stressing that “politically there is no issue” with bringing the aircraft type into Russia.

The Moscow Vnukovo-based airline is expecting its first A220 in May, and Klyucharev hopes to showcase the aircraft with Red Wings’s new livery at the Paris Airshow in June.

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