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Sep 01, 2016 (newstodate): According to the Chinese media Economic Information Daily, the Hong Kong-based company China Airspace Industry Group Ltd has signed a collaboration agreement with the Ukrainian company Antonov to resume production of the heavy-duty AN-225 Mriya freighter in China.
Under the agreement, Antonov will transfer all technologies, plans and production licenses pertaining to the Mriya, including the D-18T engine, to the Chinese partner that plans to establish two production sites, one in Luzhou in Sichuan Province, and the second in Guigang.
If the project is realized, the first new AN-225 freighter will leave the assembly line in early 2019.
The AN-225 freighter was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, and the Russian government had plans for resumption of the production of new AN-225 aircraft. But the split between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a refusal by the Ukrainian company Antonov to pursue these plans, and all patents and licenses remain with the Ukrainian company.
Capable of lifting shipments up to 250 tonnes, the An-225 carried the world's longest piece of air cargo, two 42-meter long test wind turbine blades from Tianjin, China to Skrydstrup, Denmark, on 11 June 2010,
Under the agreement, Antonov will transfer all technologies, plans and production licenses pertaining to the Mriya, including the D-18T engine, to the Chinese partner that plans to establish two production sites, one in Luzhou in Sichuan Province, and the second in Guigang.
If the project is realized, the first new AN-225 freighter will leave the assembly line in early 2019.
The AN-225 freighter was designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, and the Russian government had plans for resumption of the production of new AN-225 aircraft. But the split between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in a refusal by the Ukrainian company Antonov to pursue these plans, and all patents and licenses remain with the Ukrainian company.
Capable of lifting shipments up to 250 tonnes, the An-225 carried the world's longest piece of air cargo, two 42-meter long test wind turbine blades from Tianjin, China to Skrydstrup, Denmark, on 11 June 2010,