ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
August 8, 2005 Monday 1:28 PM Eastern Time
New Ukrainian-Russian plane begins flight testing in Armenia
By Vitaly Matarykin
KIEV
A new-generation Ukrainian-Russian joint regional passenger plane,
An-148, began flight-testing in Armenia on Monday.
The testing is taking place at Gyumri Airport (former Leninakan),
1,525 metres above the sea level, and will end on August 13.
Earlier the plane was tested for heat resistance in Uzbekistan and
for ice resistance in Russia.
All testing of the new plane is expected to be completed at the
beginning of 2006.