Total value of contracts at MAKS'2011 may exceed $ 10 bln

ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow region, August 16 (Itar-Tass) - Aircraft
manufacturing corporations and airlines traditionally sum up the result of
their operations and sign new agreements at aerospace shows and the MAKS'
2011 show, which opens in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow Tuesday, will
not become an exception in this sense.
For instance, Russia's national flag carrier Aeroflot is going to sign
an agreement with the State Technology Corporation Rostekhnologii on the
supplies of fifty jets in the MS-21 series, a well-informed source told
Itar-Tass.
The document will supposedly be signed Wednesday, August 17. The jets
will be financially leased.
MS-21 is a prospective family of medium-range jets being developed by
the United Aircraft Corporation. Their immediate manufacturer, the
Siberian corporation Irkut signed a definitive contract with Malaysia's
CRECOM Burj Resources on supplying fifty MS-21's to it.
Officials at the United Aircraft Corporation /OAK/ hope the MS-21's
will get a share of 10% of the air passenger market some time in the
future.
All in all, the OAK plans signing agreements for the supplies of about
a hundred civilian jets. The supposed counterparts include the UTair
airline, which is going to purchase 24 Sukhoi Superjets 100.
The first Superjet was handed to the Armenian airline Armavia April 19
and second Superjet, to Aeroflot June 9.
Over the first 30 days of operations, Armavia's Superjet spent more
than 168 hours in flight, carrying some 2,885 passengers over a total
distance of 85,800 km.
The short-range Superjet will serve as platform for creating a Sukhoi
Businessjet.
Two largest players in the international market of commercial
aviation, Boeing and Airbus, said earlier they also plan signing a range
of agreements.
Vladimir Borisov, the director general of the airshow believes the
total value of agreements to be signed through to the end of this week may
exceed $ 10 billion.