Volga-Dnepr sikrer seg to nye AN-124 Ruslan

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Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) is to add two more An-124s - RA-82082 (cn 08-04) and RA-82083 (cn 08-05) - to its fleet of ten such aircraft following parent Volga-Dnepr Group's signing of a finance lease agreement with JSC Sberbank Leasing.

“The An-124-100 aircraft acquisition is in line with the Group's Strategy 2020 in which it plans to expand its fleet with Russian and foreign-made aircraft,” Sergey Shklyanik, Group Senior Vice-President, said.

Aside from the Ruslan, Volga Dnepr Airlines also operates five Ilyushin Il-76s and specializes in ad-hoc charter flights hauling outsized and heavy freight shipments.

http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/41085-volga-dnepr-secures-two-more-an-124-freighters

Ut i fra dette nettstedet så kan det se ut til at flyet snart burde være ferdigbygd. Så de skal sikkert snart begynne testene...
http://russianplanes.net/planelist/Antonov/An-124

 

[Someone]

En sjelden hyggelig nyhet for Ukrainsk luftfart. Såvidt jeg kan se av Planespotters.net er det 11 år siden sist en ny An-124 ble levert, så begynner bli en stund siden