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Oct 19, 2005 (newstodate): Siberia Airlines confirms plans to phase out its two TU-204 aircraft.
-In the late 90ies we were one of the first airlines to start using the TU-204 despite of all the problems that it had, and still has. Now we are letting it go, having tried our best to make the most of this aircraft, says Ilya Novokhatskiy, Siberia Airlines PR-manager.
-The TU-204 is indeed a controversial topic as other airlines are really serious about operating this aircraft and we for example do not find it efficient for our network.
-Anyway these two TU-204 aircraft that we own will not really make a difference for us in terms of operations, says Mr Novokhatskiy.
-In the late 90ies we were one of the first airlines to start using the TU-204 despite of all the problems that it had, and still has. Now we are letting it go, having tried our best to make the most of this aircraft, says Ilya Novokhatskiy, Siberia Airlines PR-manager.
-The TU-204 is indeed a controversial topic as other airlines are really serious about operating this aircraft and we for example do not find it efficient for our network.
-Anyway these two TU-204 aircraft that we own will not really make a difference for us in terms of operations, says Mr Novokhatskiy.