Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC (AZAL) and one of the Russia's largest aircraft lessors - Ilyushin Finance & Co. (IFC), have signed a memorandum of intent for the supply of Irkut MC-21 planes to Azerbaijan, TASS news agency reported June 8.
The memorandum was signed by Director General of AZAL Jahangir Asgarov and CEO of IFC Alexander Rubtsov.
Volume and time of the supplies are not specified.
The first deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018 within the framework of the Irkut Corporation's contract with the Aeroflot (Russian Airlines) PJSC.
The Irkut MC-21 (also known as the "Airliner of the 21st Century") is a series of three twin-engine short-range and mid-range Russian jet airliners with a capacity of 150-212 passengers being developed and to be produced by Irkut Corporation, part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).