"How to develop production in Ukraine": Ukrainian users react to the fact that An-74 will be assembled in Canada
Ukrainian multipurpose aircraft An-74 will now be assembled in Canada. Its project is being modernized, based on the An-74TK-200 version.
This information has been officially confirmed by the state concern Ukroboronprom on its Facebook page.
Final assembly will take place at manufacturing facilities in Ukraine and Canada.
As the Canadian company Capital Hill Group (CHG), which has been specializing in interaction with government agencies of the country for the past 25 years, said on its website, Antonov and the government of Quebec are ready to facilitate the signing of an agreement on the production of An-74TK-200 aircraft in Quebec for international markets. , including North American.
In the basic version, this aircraft is designed to carry 52 passengers or cargo weighing up to 10 tons on international short and medium-range air routes. Its main feature is its ability to operate in harsh arctic conditions.
For this project, Antonov has already created a subsidiary company Antonov Aircraft Canada in March. The company first denied this information on its website, but then removed the disclaimer text.
Ukrainian readers commenting on news, are unhappy with the fact that the production is organized outside the country. After all, local businesses are not too busy with orders anyway:
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