Cabin Interior and Electronics
Leasing-Avia Joins Team To Convert Six Tu-204-300s to VIP Transports
Project is an outgrowth of two conversions built for President Putin and his ministers.
At JetExpo'2015: Vnukovo airport director Vasily Alexandrov shows the SLO Tupolev Tu-204-300VVIP on display in background. Photo: Vladimir Karnazov
At JetExpo'2015: Vnukovo airport director Vasily Alexandrov shows the SLO Tupolev Tu-204-300VVIP on display in background. Photo: Vladimir Karnazov

A group of Russian companies have joined forces on a project to convert six Tupolev Tu-204 narrow-body jets to VIP transports. The agreement was announced at the JetExpo show in Moscow this week. According to Vitaly Romanyuk, president of Russia’s Association of Aviation Interior Companies AKA) and general director of Vemina-Aviaprestige, all six aircraft are to be completed over a two-year period, with the first ready for service in 2016.


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