Ukrainian company Antonov confirms information on building a second Mriya aircraft
Antonov, a Ukrainian state-owned company, has confirmed information regarding the building of a new Mriya aircraft, and spoke about the start of reconstruction work.
Source: State-owned company Antonov, in a statement on Facebook
Quote: "Reconstruction work on this has now started.
According to available expert estimates, we currently have about 30 percent of the components that can be used for the second model of the aircraft.
Building the aircraft will cost at least €500,000,000. However, it is too early to talk about a specific amount."
Previously: It was reported that state-owned Antonov is building a second An-225 Mriya aircraft after the first one was destroyed by Russian occupiers during the offensive in Kyiv Oblast in February. According to Yevhen Havrylov, Acting Director General of Antonov, the reconstructed Mriya is already 30% ready.
Background:
- On the first day of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of Ukrainian aviation, the An-225 Mriya aircraft, in Hostomel. Five more aircraft were based at the airfield along with the Mriya: AN-74, AN-26, АN-124, АN-132 and АN-22. The first two aircraft were completely destroyed, the others were badly damaged.
- Antonov, a state-owned company, immediately announced that the Mriya aircraft will be rebuilt. The cost of such an idea was unclear, however, because Ukroboronprom State Concern [a Ukrainian manufacturer of weapons and military hardware - ed.] and its representatives estimated it ranged from $120 million to $3 billion. Yet, as Anatolii Vovnianko, a designer at Antonov State Enterprise, wrote at the time, in reality, completion would cost about $250 million to $300 million.
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