Aeroflot looking into acquiring A-380 aircraft - Airbus exec
ZHUKOVSKY. Aug 17 (Interfax) - OJSC Aeroflot Russian Airlines is studying the possibility of acquiring A-380 aircraft, the vice president of Airbus, Chris Buckley, told journalists at the MAKS-2011 Airshow.
He said that a working group has been formed with Aeroflot. However, he said that this does not mean that these aircraft would be acquired right away but possibly within a year or two.
Aeroflot's current fleet consists of over 100 aircraft, the majority of which are European-built Airbuses. The company's airliner fleet might reach around 300 aircraft by 2015. The company signed a binding contract for the delivery of eight Boeing-777-300ER airlines this year. Aeroflot will own 16 of these aircraft in total.
Aeroflot is Russia's leading passenger carrier. The company plans to fly 14.3 million passengers in 2011 compared to 11.3 million persons transported in 2010.
The A-380 is one of the biggest passenger airliners in the world.