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BIZJET MARKET RECOVERY TO LOOM IN 2 YEARS
Like any other industry in the world business aviation has faced the greatest challenges over the past 18 months. The sharp drop in charter flights, record production cuts and insolvency of some enterprises made analysts believe this recession to be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. However, an air of cautious optimism loomed in the second half of 2009, when key industry indicators such as flights operations and used aircraft sales began to show some positive signs. Today, while most industry leaders say "recovering is a word to use with care", there are still some specialists who predict there will be another wave of the financial crisis involving even further fall in used aircraft transactions, more order cancellations and production cuts.
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SHEREMETYEVO WANTS TO BECOME THE BEST
Sheremetyevo is going to become the best hub airport in Europe with an annual traffic of 35 million passengers after the reconstruction and building of the third runway area. International Airport Sheremetyevo's Aviation Marketing Direction Chief Markus Klaushofer appointed to this post in October 2008 is going to tell Air Fleet correspondent Svetlana Komagorova about theseplans in detail. Markus Klaushofer was born in Austria, finished the Vienna Business School and worked in the Vienna International Airport as a marketing and business development director.
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AN-148-100: GENERATING REVENUES
In December 2009, first regular operational flights of Antonov An-48-100 started to bring revenues to the launch Russian customer, State Transport Company (STC) "Rossiya" ("Russia"). STC "Rossia" is headquartered in St.Petersburg, so it was natural that the first route for An-148-100 was chosen to connect the two Russian historical capitals: Moscow and St.Petersburg. The new Russianbuilt regional passenger aircraft Antonov An-148-100 is the product of a joint Russian-Ukrainian development programme, and the first new indigenous commercial aircraft type to be put into service in the former Soviet Union in the last 20 years. Over 200 enterprises (70% of them Russian) participated in the development of the An-148, which was undertaken on a risk-sharing basis. The total investment in the program exceeded $400 million, none of which was allocated from the state budgets. The fact is unique for the Russian and Ukrainian aircraft industries, which usually demand and receive government financing for their research and development programmes. By February 2010, the first three series production An-148-100s are expected to be delivered to STC "Rossia". The deliveries were contracted via a financial leasing agreement with the leader of the Russian aviation leasing market, Ilyushin Finance Company (IFC). By the end of 2010, Voronezh Aircraft Production Plant VASO, the Russian manufacturer, plans to produce nine more aircraft. The ultimate production rate is expected to reach 36 aircraft a year. The combined domestic and export market for the An-148 is expected to be 500 aircraft.
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