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Posted by Viter on July 03, 2001 at 16:43:13:
In Reply to: MORE ON ANTONOV AIRLINES posted by afyl on July 03, 2001 at 16:12:04:
: Here is where things get interesting. The pictures that Reuters and AP show indicate that the plane used is indeed a Russian-flagged airliner--the Russian flag is clearly visible on the fron top of the fuselage.
Any airline or country in the world can buy
Ukrainian plane AN. Any country or airline is free
to paint whatever they want on the plane.
: There are only two airlines in the world which use these planes--one is based somewhere in Russia (and can clearly be considered a Russian plane) and the other is somewhere in the United Kingdom--which is probably an offshoot of the Antonov Design Bureau--and another example of how ukrainian assets has disappeared from Ukraine.
This is not true. There are 3-4-5 different
airlines in the world that owe or bought Ukrainan
planes AN. Even Livia who bought AN planes
recently. Some other countries will follow
soon.
: Why is there no Antonov Airlines in Ukraine?
This company is in Ukraine :
1, Tupolev str.,
Kiev,Ukraine
phone: (380) 44-443-0018
(380) 44-442-5366
fax: (380) 44-442-6124
(380) 44-973-1571
SITA: IEVACGS, IEVANGS
AFTN: UKKMZXZX
TELEX: 131598 BARS UX,
131599 MOLOT UX
E-mail: office@antonov.kiev.ua
: But you see the confusion--the press doesn't care and we look stupid arguing that this is a Ukrainian plane because it has a Russian flag on it. Now the fact that it was DESGINED in Ukraine is a different story--but then there will be those who will say that it was designed in the USSR.
Let them say whatever they want, but if they
violate copyright of the Ukrainian producers - they shall be educated and possibly punished.
: In any event--this issue raises a whole host of problmes and concerns which will not be addressed in a country led by a president who doesn't know who he is and where he came from .