27 October, 1998 - 00:00
The joint Ukrainian-Russian Intermediate Transport Plane Consortium is ready to supply NATO countries with military and cargo An-70 aircraft, consortium chairman Leonid Terentiev disclosed at a press conference in Samara, Russia. According to him, 90% of NATO airplanes are already worn out and need replacing. According to preliminary estimates, these countries may purchase 205 planes, which may be delivered to Germany, France, Italy and Spain after the year 2000, Interfax-Ukraine reports. Now the An-70 ($50 million per unit) participates with Europe's FLA in the European tender for the new cargo plane.
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