New Russian carrier plans to buy 150-200 aircraft

"Russian Technologies, the state-owned controller of the newly established, Moscow Vnukovo-based Russia Airlines (ATWOnline, Oct. 24, 2008), plans to order 150-200 aircraft starting next year, RT head Sergei Chemezov said, according to Reuters. According to Chemezov, "Boeing has promised to help us find credit in the US. From next year we would like to start buying airplanes. . .The most important question is where [we can] get the money." Next.