In the near future the Ministry of Transport and Communications intends to set up a leasing company engaged in purchasing planes produced in Ukraine. According to Minister of Transport and Communications Mykola Rudkovsky, it is expected to appropriate UAH 150 million (approximately USD 30 million) to the company's activity this year, “Cabinet press office” informed.
Moreover, Mykola Rudkovsky said that all the "Aviant" Kyiv aircraft factory programs, in particular, the two new AN-148 regional planes building for the State aircraft factory "Ukraine", to be financed.
However, Interstate Aircraft Committee chairman Tetyana Anodina stated that the new regional plane AN-148 market demands are no more than 1,000 planes needed in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, in particular, for the substitution of the YAK-40 and TU-134 which are being exploited now.
As the Ukrinform reported lately, the Interstate Aircraft Committee chairman Tetyana Anodina and Minister of Transport and Communication of Ukraine Mykola Rudkovsky have visited the "Aviant" Kyiv Aircraft factory. They inspected the AN-148 plane, which is expected to be put on the large-scale production at the factory.
