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An-148 aircraft was presented in Vietnam

Russian Aviaton » Friday November 16, 2012 16:47 MSK
An-148 registration UR-NTA in maiden flight six years ago | © Vladimir Karnozov

Antonov State Enterprise (Ukraine) has presented An-148 aircraft in Vietnam. The presentation was held in the network of official visit of Ukrainian prime-minister, Nikolay Azarov, to Vietnam, Rosbalt reports.

An-148 aircraft was presented by Azarov to the minister of transport of Vietnam, Dinh La Thang.

The presented jet was jointly operated by Ukraine International Airlines and Antonov Airlines. The aircraft performed flight from Kiev to Hanoi on November 14th (the jet has covered a total distance of over 8000 km with one stop-over).

Besides the minister of transport, the representatives of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Defense, national security services and commercial airlines (including the Vietnam’s largest airline - Vietnam Airlines) have taken part in the presentation.