Noted at the Airbus facility at Hamburg-Finkenwerder in Germany on April 21 was new A319-115 Corporate Jet D-AVYN (msn 4679). The aircraft is destined for GTK Rossia (Russian State Transport Company), which is responsible for executive travel for the higher echelons of the Russian Government. At least nine A319s are used by Rossia, all acquired second hand with the majority formerly operated by Frontier Airlines of the US. This A319CJ is the first of two due to be delivered in 2012 under the terms of a Rb6.7 billion ($237.6 million) contract (adding to Medvedev Attacks Russian Civil Aircraft Industry, May, p18).
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