Russia refuses to operate the An-148 due to risks with Ukrainian spare parts
Moscow - Kyiv, April 10 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - A subsidiary of the Aeroflot group, Rossiya Airlines, as part of the anti-crisis program, suspended the operation of six Russian-Ukrainian An-148 airliners due to the likelihood of Ukraine refusing their maintenance and supplies spare parts
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A representative of the leasing company Ilyushin Finance Co. explained that, according to his data, the An-148 was actively used in “Russia” and was quite effective.
Interlocutor "Sheets" recalled that the An-148 began to be developed back in Soviet times, the intellectual rights to it belong to the Ukrainian side and most of the spare parts are produced there, this is one of the possible risks.
A representative of the leasing company noted that Rossiya is one of the two main operators of the An-148 in our country. The second is Angara Airlines. However, it was Rossiya that was the starting customer for the aircraft assembled in Voronezh under license. The first aircraft entered its fleet in October 2009, the sixth at the end of 2010.
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