OREANDA-NEWS. On 23 April 2008 was announced, that the event participants include Vladimir Kotenev, Russia’s Ambassador in Germany, Kurt Rossmanith, head of the German parliamentary Luft-und Raumfahrt group, Alexei Isaikin, Volga-Dnepr Group President, Dmitri Kiva, ADB Chief Designer, Valery Gabriel, Ruslan SALIS President, politically exposed person, Bundestag members and German businessmen.

Vladimir Kotenev mentioned in his opening speech the definite progress of the Russian aviation industry emphasizing the role of the unique Russian Antonov An-124 “Ruslan” aircraft.

Alexei Isaikin, Volga-Dnepr Group President expressed his gratitude to Bundestag members for their credence. “Almost two years have passed since the date of Ruslan SALIS establishment, and I can assure you that we strictly and thoroughly follow the contractual provisions to the benefit of our customers. It has become possible to a large extent due to state support provided to the Group in the course of Ruslan SALIS establishment and performance,” – Alexei Isaikin said.

The Group President also noted that future success of the joint project largely depended on the development of flexible and effective cooperation strategy of Russian and Ukrainian aviation specialists. “We hope to meet the growing demand of our customers all over the world using newly built An-124-100 aircraft. We expect that serial production of the aircraft will be renewed by UAC (OAK) in the new future.”