АН-148

Chronology

3rd of October 2000	Ministry of the Industrial Policy of Ukraine issues the Order to launch development of the new-generation AN-148 regional passenger turbojet airplane.
September 2004	a pentalateral agreement is signed between ANTONOV ASTC, serial manufacturing facilities in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Voronezh, and the Russian leasing company – Ilyushin Finance Co – “On Cooperation during Development, Co-Operative Serial Production, Sales and Engineering In-Service Support of Operations of the AN-148”.
15th of October 2004	the AN-148 leaves the final assembly shop in the rollout ceremony.
17th of December 2004	first flight of the AN-148 (pilot in command – Yevgenii Galunenko, co-pilot – Sergii Troshin, leading flight test engineer – Oleksandr Makiyan).
2005	Antonov Company and VASO sign the licensing agreement on the transfer to the Voronezh facility of the rights to use the trademark, technical documentation and to manufacture the AN-148.
19th of April 2005	first flight of the second AN-148 prototype.
18th of June 2007	the AN-148 demonstrates its impressive flight performance in the sky of France at the 47th International Aerospace Show at Le Bourget.
26th of February 2007	AN-148 received Type Certificate.
27th of June 2008	two contracts are signed in the framework of Voronezh Investment Forum between Antonov Company, United Aircraft Corporation JSC and Ilyushin Finance Co. leasing company for delivery of the AN-148 new generation regional passenger airplanes.
3rd of July 2008	Antonov ASTC completes re-equipment of the first AN-148-100 new generation regional passenger airplane for delivery to the Ukrainian customer – Lizingtekhtrans state leasing company.
28th – 31st of October 2008	the AN-148-100 is demonstrated at Iran Kish Air Show 2008 – an international air show held on Kish Island in the Persian Gulf .
2nd of June 2009	the AN-148 owned by AeroSvit Airlines made the first commercial flight delivering passengers from Kharkiv to Kyiv.
11th of June 2009	the first production AN-148 manufactured by Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Joint Stock Company (VASO) is rolled out of the assembly shop (the aircraft has manufacturer’s serial number 40-03 (02-01)).
19th of July 2009	the first AN-148 assembled at the Voronezh facility makes it first flight. The flight lasted 41 minutes. Crew: S.M. Troshin (Antonov ASTC), G. Ryabov (VASO).
26th of September 2009	Antonov ASTC launches development of a new airplane – the AN-158, a modification of the AN-148.
1st of October 2009	the first production AN-148-100 aircraft manufactured by Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Joint Stock Company is delivered to Rossia State Airlines at the hand-over ceremony held at the manufacturing facility.
13th of December 2009	the AN-148 operating under the colors of AeroSvit Airlines makes its first international commercial flight on Odessa – Moscow – Odessa route (pilot in command – Volodymyr Mosin).
24th of December 2009	the AN-148 operated by Rossia State Airlines makes its first commercial flight with passengers from Pulkovo airport (St. Petersburg ) to Domodedovo airport (Moscow).
28th of March 2010	the first production AN-148-100В (S/N 01-09) is delivered to service with the Ukrainian AeroSvit Airlines.
End of 2011	the AN-148 airplanes have transported about 700000 passengers and made over 19300 flights to 50 airports in 25 countries worldwide.
15th of November 2012	the AN-148 regional passenger jet is presented at the airport of Hanoi (Vietnam).
5th of February 2013	first flight of the AN-148ЕМ manufactured by Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing Joint Stock Company.
February 2013	the first AN-148 is delivered to Air Koryo Airlines of the North Korea.
28th of March 2013	the AN-148 is issued Supplement to Type Certificate by the IAC Aviation Register for the new aircraft model – the AN-148ЕМ.

Length (m)	29.13
Height (m)	8.20
Wing span (m)	28.91
Wing area (m²)	87.32

Cruise speed (km/h)	800-870
Operational range (km)	3500
Operational ceiling (m)	12200

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