Aeroflot plans to obtain 24 new planes in 2009

MOSCOW. February 3. KAZINFORM Russian Airlines - Aeroflot plans to renovate its aircraft fleet this year, the air carrier?s director-general, Valery Okulov, told the Vesti news channel on Monday.

?We have a very big program for obtaining 24 new planes. Of them eighteen planes are new ones of the Airbus family ? A-319, A-320 and A-321 and six long-range planes A-330,? he said. Okulov stressed that at present, Aeroflot ?has the youngest fleet in Europe.? ?While receiving the new fleet, we are taking out of service our old planes,? he said. ?Tu-154 is a good and reliable plane, it served good for the company. Our heads are off to it and we have to say ?thank you? and a proper farewell,? he said. Okulov noted that the supplies of a Superjet airliner are planned ?for the end of the year.? ?The plane has the potential and prospects for becoming competitive on the world market and I hope that it will be successfully sold not only to Russian companies, but also to international ones,? he said, Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.