ASTANA. Oct 9 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) – Ukraine plans to establish cooperation with Kazakhstan on aircraft engineering, an adviser to the Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine, Oleh Yakovenko, has said.
“I am talking about setting up a center for Antonov aircraft maintenance on the basis of the aircraft technical services center in Astana, and, of course, there are strategic opportunities for the deliveries of the finished airplanes, such as the An-148, An-158 and the new An-178 aircraft, which is being developed in Ukraine and which was shown at the Le Bourget air show,” Yakovenko said during the Kazakh-Ukrainian business forum in Astana on Friday.
He added that there is also a possibility of Ukrainian aircraft being assembled in Kazakhstan.
“The negotiations on the establishment of the production of the An-140, An-100 aircraft in Kazakhstan have been held for many years. I hope that cooperation in this field will be continued soon,” Yakovenko said.
