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Ukraine and China Collaborate on
An-225 Programme
Ukroboronprom SC and Aerospace Industry
Corporation of China (AICC) has concluded
an agreement wherein both entities and
Domestic Debut for 4th ANA Star Wars Jetliner the Antonov company will collaborate on
ANA’s 4th jetliner in Star Wars livery, fourth in a series of unique Star Wars the An-225 programme. The first stage of
the C-3PO ANA Jet is planned to be liveried jetliners, which include the R2- this interaction consists in construction of
introduced to Japan domestic routes D2 ANA Jet, STAR WARS ANA Jet and the second modernized AN−225 Mriya at
starting from March 2017 and serve the BB-8 ANA JET. The C-3PO motif ANTONOV Company and delivery of this
mainly Tokyo - Osaka, Sapporo, Okinawa decorated Boeing 777-200, has detailed aircraft to AICC. The second stage of the co-
and Fukuoka sectors. The new aircraft body parts and wiring decorated onto operation will result in the commencement
which was announced recently is the the aircraft’s fuselage. of joint series production of the AN−225
in China under licence of ANTONOV
Company. Pictured is the fuselage of the
second AN−225 at ANTONOV Company’s
production facility. The massive six engine
transport aircraft is the heaviest airlifter
on the planet. The heaviest cargo carried by
the An-225 is 253 tonne. The single heaviest
piece of cargo carried by the aircraft
weighed 186.7 tonne.

ANA Adds 50th Boeing 787
Japan’s largest carrier All Nippon Airways
(ANA) recently took delivery of its 50th
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, becoming the first
airline in the world to operate 50 aircraft
of the type. ANA was launch customer
for the 787, when it placed orders for
AVIC Completes Final Assembly of World’s Largest Amphibious Aircraft 50 jetliners in 2004. The first airline to
The Aviation Industry Corporation of piece of aviation equipment that will serve introduce the revolutionary widebody
China (AVIC) recently completed final the national emergency rescue system. jetliner into service in 2011; ANA today
assembly of its AG600 large amphibious Similar in size to a Boeing 777, the AG600 has more than 11 percent of all 787s flying
aircraft at company facilities in Zhuhai, is aircraft is 37 meters long, 12.1 meters globally, with an estimated 125,000 flights
Guangzhou. The giant amphibious aircraft, high, with a wingspan of 38.8 meters and being completed. ANA has placed orders
joins three other large aircraft that have can take off with a maximum weight of 53.5 for the 787-10. ANA has an additional 33
been developed in China; the Y-20 heavy tonnes. It is powered by four domestically 787s on order, including the longest and
lifter and C919 commercial jetliner. The manufacturedWJ-6 turboprop engines and newest member of the family, the 787-10.
AG600 is China’s first large, specialized will be able to draw 12 tonnes of water in just The airline also has 20 777-9 airplanes on
multi-purpose civilian aircraft and a major 20 seconds. order.
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