Aeroflot Airlines to double air fleet in 10-15 years.

PARIS (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's Aeroflot Airlines will double
its air fleet in 10-15 years, Aeroflot Director General Vitaly Savelyev
said in an interview with the French newspaper Tribune on Sunday. Aeroflot
will operate more than 300 aircraft.
"Currently we operate 150 airplanes. We will operate more than 300
airplanes in 10-15 years. Russian airplanes of new generation will make
about 40% and Airbuses and Boeings will make 60%. The company hopes to
traffic 70 million passengers with the foresaid air fleet in 2020-2025
that is seven times higher than now," he said.
The Aeroflot capital assets will reach 6-7 billion dollars in two
years against current three billion dollars, Savelyev noted. The Russian
state authorities, which own 52% of Aeroflot's assets, will be able to
carry out "a financial transaction for our privatization," he added.
Speaking on the cooperation with the leading European
aircraft-building company Airbus, the Aeroflot chief stated that Aeroflot
intends to buy medium-haul airbuses A320 NEO equipped with more
fuel-saving engines. However, Aeroflot does not intend to buy A380, which
are the largest world airbuses, he underlined.