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The pilots of Angara Airlines have tested the new-built full-flight simulator for An-148

Russian Aviaton » Monday March 26, 2012 18:57 MSK

10 pilots of Angara Airlines have passed the training for operating An-148 aircraft in the training center located in Domodedovo (Moscow), the airline’s press-service reports. AEX.ru

«The training has been carried out using the advanced full-flight simulator for An-148, which meets all the international requirements and allows training of flight personnel without flights on the real aircraft», - the airline noted.

We remind you that Eastland Group, Ilyushin Finance & Co. and Angara Airlines have signed an agreement on leasing of Аn-148 aircraft in November during a meeting held by the governor of Irkutsk Region. According to the document, the airline will acquire 3 An-148-100Es in 2012 and 7 more jets in 2013-2014.

«It is planned that the new aircraft will be servicing the domestic airlines and performing non-stop flights to Yakutsk, Novosibirsk, Blagoveshensk and Khabarovsk. The airline’s CEO, Dmitry Yurtaev, is considering the possibility of performing flights to South-East Asia.

“Angara Airlines will be the only regional carrier in Siberia to renew its fleet in 2012”, - the company noted.