PURCHASE OF TWO CARGO PLANES FROM BOEING
Interfax - Ukraine Business, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 25, 2007
KYIV - Ukrainian Defense Ministry state enterprise Ukrainian Cargo
Airways (UCA) is holding talks with the Boeing corporation on purchasing
two cargo planes,UCA president Vitaliy Popov told journalists during a
press conference last week.
According to him,the company needs the planes to secure Ukraine's
participation in NATO and UN programs that have special requirements
that Ukrainian planes cannot meet.
According to Popov,UCA is taking part in a tender for the UN for
transporting troops in Sudan. The company is also developing a program
for the modernization of Il-76 planes used in Ukraine,which will extend
their working life by about 30 years.