The Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is carrying out works to improve the AN-158 regional jet, the company has said on its official Facebook page.
“Nowadays, the aircraft are tested to widen operational conditions for all the aircraft of the AN-1X8 family. After that, the aircraft will be reequipped with Western and Ukraine-made equipment and systems to replace Russia-made ones. In particular, following the works on the aircraft interior improvement, the passenger capacity will be increased up to 102 passengers,” reads the report.
The regional passenger aircraft An-158 continued the family of AN-148 passenger planes. On April 28, 2010, the AN-158 performed its first flight. In 2011, AN-158 was certified. The state-owned enterprise Antonov has constructed six such series aircrafts. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)